Sonchus

Sow thistles
Sonchus oleraceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Hyoseridinae
Genus: Sonchus
L.
Type species
Sonchus oleraceus[2][3]
Subgenera[1]
Synonyms[4]
  • Chrysoprenanthes (Sch.Bip.) Bramwell
  • Kirkianella Allan
  • Sonchidium Pomel
  • Taeckholmia Boulos
  • Atalanthus D.Don
  • Wildpretia U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb.
  • Aetheorhiza Cass.
  • Embergeria Boulos
  • Phoenicoseris (Skottsb.) Skottsb.
  • Babcockia Boulos
  • Trachodes D.Don
  • Actites Lander
  • Sonchoseris Fourr.
  • Lactucosonchus (Sch.Bip.) Svent.
  • Acanthosonchus (Sch.Bip.) Kirp.
  • Sventenia Font Quer

Sonchus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae[3][5] and are commonly known as sow thistles (less commonly hare thistles or hare lettuces). Sowthistles are annual, biennial or perennial herbs, with or without rhizomes and a few are even woody (subgenus Dendrosonchus, restricted to the Canary Islands and Madeira).[6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Cho, M. S., Yang, J. Y., Yang, T. J., & Kim, S. C. (2019). "Evolutionary comparison of the chloroplast genome in the woody Sonchus alliance (Asteraceae) on the Canary Islands." Genes, 10(3), 217.
  2. ^ Lectotype designated by N. L. Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 3: 316 (1913).
  3. ^ a b "Sonchus L.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  4. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 793-795 in Latin
  6. ^ For a recent review of woody species, see Seung-Chul Kim et al. (1996). "A common origin for woody Sonchus and five related genera in the Macaronesian islands: Molecular evidence for extensive radiation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 93:7743-7748.
  7. ^ Shi, Zhu; Kilian, Norbert. "Sonchus". Flora of China. Vol. 20–21 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  8. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Sonchus photos and distribution maps for several species
  9. ^ Atlas of Living Australia
  10. ^ Flora Zambesiaca