Alfredia Explained

Alfredia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1816.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40009691 Tropicos, Alfredia Cass.
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=101015 Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 154 翅膜菊属 chi mo ju shu Alfredia Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 1(Suppl.): 115. 1816.
3. Web site: Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist . 2014-11-05 . https://archive.today/20141105152833/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Alfredia&searchField=NameFull . 2014-11-05 . dead .
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Alfredia The Plant List, search for Alfredia
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64177#page/743/mode/1up Cuvier, Georges-Frédéric. 1816. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition<nowiki>] 1(Suppl.): 115-116.] in French^[1]

   Alfredia is native to Central Asia and western China.^{[2] [3]}

   Species^[4]

   • Alfredia acantholepis Kar. & Kir. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
   • Alfredia aspera C.Shih - Xinjiang
   • Alfredia cernua (L.) Cass. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan
   • Alfredia fetissowii Iljin - Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan
   • Alfredia integrifolia (Iljin) Tulyag. - Central Asia
   • Alfredia nivea Kar. & Kir. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
   • Alfredia talassica Korovin ex Iljin - Turkmenistan

   References