''Echinops'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of about 120

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Asteraceae, commonly known as globe

thistle Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the planton the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves ...

s. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are

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to Europe, east to central Asia, and south to the mountains of tropical Africa. Globe thistle is the host plant of weevil ''

Larinus vulpes ''Larinus'' is a genus of true weevils, comprising about 180 species, mostly in the Palaearctic region.Hoffman, A. 1954. Faune de France. 59, Coléoptères Curculionidés. Part 2. P. Lechavalier, Paris. Turkey appears to have a significant di ...

''.''Skuhrovec, J., Volovnik, S. & Gosik, R. '' Description of the immature stages of ''Larinus vulpes'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae) and notes on its biology. Zookeys, 2017, № 679, pp. 107—137 — https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12560/

Species

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Echinops adenocaulos ''Echinops adenocaulos'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () ...

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Echinops bannaticus ''Echinops bannaticus'', known as the blue globe-thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southeastern Europe. It is an herbaceous perennial thistle, growing to , with prickly foliage and spherical blue flower ...

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Echinops chantavicus ''Echinops chantavicus'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Echinops ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce ...

'' *'' Echinops echinatus'' *'' Echinops exaltatus'' *''

Echinops giganteus ''Echinops giganteus'' is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae and is native to Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania. References giganteus Flora of Africa {{Asteraceae-stub ...

'' *'' Echinops gmelinii'' *'' Echinops graecus'' *'' Echinops humilis'' *''

Echinops latifolius ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

'' *'' Echinops longisetus'' *'' Echinops nivens'' *''

Echinops niveus ''Echinops niveus'' is a species in the genus ''Echinops ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical ...

'' *'' Echinops orientalis'' *''

Echinops ritro ''Echinops ritro'', the southern globethistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southern and eastern Europe (from Spain east to Turkey, Ukraine, and Belarus), and western Asia. The species is sparingly naturali ...

'' (syn. ''Echinops ruthenicus'') *'' Echinops sahyadricus'' *'' Echinops setifer'' *'' Echinops sphaerocephalus'' *'' Echinops spinosissimus'' *'' Echinops tournefortii'' *'' Echinops tschimganicus''

Gallery

File:Echinops setifer ja 01.jpg, '' Echinops setifer'' in Japan File:Echinops adenocaulos 03.jpg, alt=Echinops adenocaulos in a black background, ''

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File:Echinops adenocaulos 01.jpg, ''Echinops adenocaulos'' before flowering File:Echinops sphaerocephalus 01.jpg, '' Echinops sphaerocephalus'' in Setif,

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File:HPIM8079.JPG, ''Echinops ruthenicus'' File:Echinops spinosissimus (KPFC) 04.jpg, ''Echinops spinoissimus'' in

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References

Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Cynareae-stub