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Tragopogon
Sign in to saveTragopogon, also known as goatsbeard or salsify, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers.
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Tragopogon is a genus of plants within the family Asteraceae, classified under the order Asterales and class Magnoliopsida. The name derives from Greek words for goat and beard. Common names for the genus include goatsbeard, Morgenster, kozí brada, and 婆罗门参属. It is described as consisting of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants. The taxonomic type for the genus is Tragopogon porrifolius, and its fruit type is an achene.
The genus is distributed across temperate and tropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. Records indicate the presence of species in the United States, Iran, and Russia. The genus is accepted in taxonomic databases and has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Species
Goat's beard
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
婆罗门参属（学名：Tragopogon）是菊科下的一个属，为二年生或多年生草本植物。该属共有约50种，分布于东半球温带与热带地区。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 697
- With media
- 585
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- MICH, IND, NY, NCSC, CAS, DAV
- Recorded in
- United States, Iran, Russia
Research
114 papers- The genus Tragopogon (Asteraceae): A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological properties.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2020
- Genome-wide DNA methylation dynamics following recent polyploidy in the allotetraploid Tragopogon miscellus (Asteraceae).The New phytologist · 2024
- Phenotypic trait variation in the North American Tragopogon allopolyploid complex.American journal of botany · 2023
- Rapid diversification of Tragopogon and ecological associates in Eurasia.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2012
- Application of CRISPR/Cas9 to Tragopogon (Asteraceae), an evolutionary model for the study of polyploidy.Molecular ecology resources · 2018
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Hybrid speciation
- Species
- References
- External links
Tragopogon, also known as goatsbeard or salsify, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers.
Salsifies are forbs growing as biennial or perennial plants. They have a strong taproot and milky sap. They generally have few branches, and those there are tend to be upright. Their leaves are somewhat grass-like. Flower colour varies within the genus, with some yellow species, and some bronze or purple. Seeds are achenes and are borne in a globe like that of a dandelion but larger, and are dispersed by the wind.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tragopogon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.