Carduncellus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| taxon = Carduncellus

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• Carthamodes Manetti ex Kuntze
• Lamottea Pomel
• Onobroma Gaertn.
• Carthamoides Wolf

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Carduncellus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. They are native to the western Mediterranean and surrounding regions.Vilatersana, R., et al. (2000). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01086383#page-1 Generic delimitation and phylogeny of the Carduncellus-Carthamus complex (Asteraceae) based on ITS sequences.] Plant Systematics and Evolution 221(1-2), 89-105.

The taxonomy of the genus is still unclear. It is closely related to the genus Carthamus, and the two groups have been treated as part of a species complex, with the boundaries between them not established. While some sources accept several names in Carduncellus,[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2080 GRIN Species Records of Carduncellus.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095909/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2080# |date=2015-09-24 }} Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). others are more restrictive,[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Carduncellus/ Carduncellus.] The Plant List. and some consider the genus to be synonymous with Carthamus, the genus that includes the safflower.[http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=134022&PTRefFk=7000000 Carduncellus.] In: Greuter, W. & E. von Raab-Straube. (Eds.) Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. 2006.

; Accepted species[https://archive.today/20141111212706/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=C26A488D-6970-4A54-AB97-85E126092065 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Carduncellus+ The Plant List search for Carduncellus][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Carduncellus Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Carduncellus]

• Carduncellus coeruleus C.Presl - Italy
• Carduncellus hispanicus Boiss. - Spain
• Carduncellus mairei Hanelt - Algeria
• Carduncellus monspeliensis St.-Lag. - Provence, Liguria