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Pterocephalus
Sign in to savePterocephalus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It comprises 34 species of herbs and shrubs ranging from the Mediterranean to central Asia, the Himalayas, and tropical Africa.
Species
General: Pterocephalus (from Gr. πτερο, ptero, feather and κεφάλι
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 106
- With media
- 56
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Collections
- MO, UCR, FSC, MNHN, B, MEL
- Recorded in
- Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Azerbaijan, United States, Tajikistan, Iran, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dipsacoideae
- Image
- Pterocephalus porphyranthus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pterocephalus
- taxon name
- Pterocephalus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pterocephalus
- taxon common name
- 翼首花属
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Pterocephalus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It comprises 34 species of herbs and shrubs ranging from the Mediterranean to central Asia, the Himalayas, and tropical Africa.
From Greek πτερον, pteron, a wing, and κεφαλη, kephale, a head, in reference to the receptacle of the flowers being villous or chaffy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pterocephalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.