Cheirolophus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1827.[2][3] It is native to the western Mediterranean (Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Malta and the Canary Islands).[1][4]

Cheirolophus
Cheirolophus crassifolius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
Genus: Cheirolophus
Cass.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ptosimopappus Boiss.
  • Palaeocyanus Dostál
Species[5]

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