Launaea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Launaea arborescens.jpg

|image_caption = Launaea arborescens

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Launaea

|authority = Cass.

|type_species = Launaea bellidifolia

|type_species_authority = Cass.

|synonyms_ref = [http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=a6416fb1-59c0-4bab-8ae0-1c8057a47ff1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141212211742/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=a6416fb1-59c0-4bab-8ae0-1c8057a47ff1 |date=2014-12-12 }}

|synonyms =

  • Launaya Cass., alternate spelling
  • Rhabdotheca Cass.
  • Microrhynchus Less.
  • Paramicrorhynchus Kirp.
  • Lomatolepis Cass.
  • Brachyramphus DC.
  • Heterachaena Fresen.
  • Zollikoferia DC.
  • Ammoseris Endl.
  • Hexinia H.L.Yang

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Launaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25514014#page/331/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de, in F. Cuvier. 1822. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 25: 321–323] in French[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002577 Tropicos, Launaea Cass.]

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Launaea The Plant List search for Launaea]

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