Cicerbita

Cicerbita
Cicerbita alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Lactucinae
Genus: Cicerbita
Wallr.
Synonyms
  • Agathyrsus D.Don, (1829)
  • Eunoxis Raf., (1838), nom. superfl.
  • Galathenium Nutt., (1841)
  • Garacium Gren. & Godr., (1850)
  • Kovalevskiella Kamelin, (1993)
  • Steptorhamphus Bunge, (1851)

Cicerbita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Asia and Europe.[1][2] They are known commonly as blue sow thistles.[3] The word Cicerbita is from the Italian, meaning "chickory-like", a comparison to Cichorium, the chicory genus.[4]

  1. ^ Wallroth, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm. 1823. Schedulae Criticae de Plantis Florae Halensis Selectis. Corollarium novum ad C. Sprengelii Floram halensem. Accedunt generum quorundam specierumque omnium definitiones novae, excursus in stirpes difficiliores. Tom. I. Phanerogamia 1: 433
  2. ^ Tropicos, Cicerbita Wallr.
  3. ^ Genus Cicerbita Wallr. Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  4. ^ Scartezzini, F., et al. (2012). Domestication of alpine blue-sow-thistle (Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr.): six year trial results. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 59(3) 465-71.