Notobasis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Notobasis_syriaca.jpg

|image_caption = Notobasis syriaca

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Notobasis

|authority = Cass.

|type_species = Notobasis syriaca

|type_species_authority = (L.) Cass.

|synonyms_ref = [http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=ad3cb5d6-bd17-4ec4-bd51-9c5b2a65df0f Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

|synonyms =

• Polyacantha Gray

}}

Notobasis is a genus in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, from Madeira, the Canary Islands, Morocco and Portugal east to Egypt, Iran and Azerbaijan.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25304261#page/176/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 35: 170-171] in French[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029187 Tropicos, Notobasis Cass.][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Notobasis Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Notobasis]

; Species

• Notobasis obovallata (M.Bieb. ex Willd.) - Caucasus[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/details/species/id/7088897 Catalogue of Life 2010 Annual Checklist]
• Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass. - Mediterranean