Psephellus Explained

Psephellus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, native to eastern Europe and western Asia. A taxonomic revision reassigned many species from Centaurea to Psephellus.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Psephellus abchasicus Albov
• Psephellus absinthifolius Galushko
• Psephellus adjaricus (Albov) Mikheev
• Psephellus albovii (Sosn.) Mikheev
• Psephellus alexeenkoi Alieva
• Psephellus amblyolepis (Ledeb.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus andinus Galushko & Alieva
• Psephellus annae Galushko
• Psephellus appendiciger (K.Koch) Wagenitz
• Psephellus araxinus (Gabrieljan) Greuter
• Psephellus arpensis (Czerep.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus atropatanus (Grossh.) Greuter
• Psephellus aucherianus (DC.) Boiss.
• Psephellus avaricus (Tzvelev) Wagenitz
• Psephellus bagadensis (Woronow) Greuter
• Psephellus barbeyi Albov
• Psephellus bellus (Trautv.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus boissieri Sosn.
• Psephellus bornmuelleri (Hausskn. ex Bornm.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus brevifimbriatus (Hub.-Mor.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus buschiorum Sosn.
• Psephellus carbonatus (Klokov) Greuter
• Psephellus carthalinicus Sosn.
• Psephellus caucasicus (Sosn.) Greuter
• Psephellus circassicus (Albov) Galushko
• Psephellus ciscaucasicus (Sosn.) Galushko
• Psephellus colchicus Sosn.
• Psephellus congestus (Wagenitz) Wagenitz
• Psephellus cronquistii (Takht. & Gabrieljan) Gabrieljan
• Psephellus czerepanovii Alieva
• Psephellus czirkejensis (Husseinov) Greuter
• Psephellus daghestanicus Sosn.
• Psephellus dealbatus K.Koch
• Psephellus debedicus (Gabrieljan) Gabrieljan
• Psephellus declinatus K.Koch
• Psephellus dimitriewae (Sosn.) Greuter
• Psephellus dittrichii (Gabrieljan) Gabrieljan
• Psephellus erivanensis Lipsky
• Psephellus erzincani Wagenitz & Kandemir
• Psephellus eugenii (Sosn.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus fajvuschii (Gabrieljan) Greuter
• Psephellus freynii Sint. ex Bornm.
• Psephellus galactochroa (Rech.f.) Parsa
• Psephellus galushkoi Alieva
• Psephellus gamidii Alieva
• Psephellus geghamensis (Gabrieljan) Gabrieljan
• Psephellus gilanicus (Bornm.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus goeksunensis (Aytaç & H.Duman) Greuter & Raab-Straube
• Psephellus gracillimus (Wagenitz) Wagenitz
• Psephellus hadimensis (Wagenitz, Ertugrul & Dural) Wagenitz
• Psephellus holophyllus (Soczava & Lipatova) Greuter
• Psephellus holtzii (Wagenitz) Wagenitz
• Psephellus huber-morathii (Wagenitz) Wagenitz
• Psephellus hymenolepis
• Psephellus hypoleucus Boiss.
• Psephellus iljinii (Czerniak.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus incanescens Boiss.
• Psephellus integrifolius K.Koch
• Psephellus karabaghensis Sosn.
• Psephellus karduchorum (Boiss.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus kemulariae Kharadze
• Psephellus khalkhalensis Ranjbar & Negaresh
• Psephellus kobstanicus (Tzvelev) Wagenitz
• Psephellus kolakovskyi (Sosn.) Greuter
• Psephellus kopet-daghensis (Iljin) Wagenitz
• Psephellus leucophyllus C.A.Mey.
• Psephellus leuzeoides (Jaub. & Spach) Wagenitz
• Psephellus maleevii Sosn.
• Psephellus manakyanii (Gabrieljan) Gabrieljan
• Psephellus marschallianus (Spreng.) K.Koch
• Psephellus meskheticus (Sosn.) Gabrieljan
• Psephellus mucroniferus (DC.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus oltensis Wagenitz
• Psephellus pambakensis Sosn.
• Psephellus paucilobus Boiss.
• Psephellus pecho (Albov) Wagenitz
• Psephellus pergamaceus (DC.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus phaeopappoides (Bordz.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus poluninii (Wagenitz) Wagenitz
• Psephellus popovae (Gabrieljan) Gabrieljan
• Psephellus prokhanovii Galushko
• Psephellus psephelloides (Freyn & Sint.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus pseudoandinus Galushko & Alieva
• Psephellus pulcherrimus (Willd.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus pyrroblepharus (Boiss.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus recepii Wagenitz & Kandemir
• Psephellus ruprechtii (Boiss.) Greuter
• Psephellus salviifolius Boiss.
• Psephellus schischkinii (Tzvelev) Wagenitz
• Psephellus schistosus (Sosn.) Alieva
• Psephellus sergii (Klokov) A.L.Ebel
• Psephellus sibiricus (L.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus simplicicaulis (Boiss. & A.Huet) Wagenitz
• Psephellus somcheticus Sosn.
• Psephellus straminicephalus (Hub.-Mor.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus sumensis (Kalen.) Greuter
• Psephellus taochius Sosn.
• Psephellus transcaucasicus Sosn.
• Psephellus trinervius (Willd.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus troitzkii Sosn.
• Psephellus turcicus A.Duran & Hamzaoglu
• Psephellus turgaicus (Klokov) A.L.Ebel
• Psephellus vanensis A.Duran, Behçet & B.Dogan
• Psephellus vvedenskii Sosn.
• Psephellus woronowii Sosn.
• Psephellus xanthocephalus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Boiss.
• Psephellus xeranthemoides (Rech.f.) Wagenitz
• Psephellus yildizii (Civelek, Türkoglu & Akan) Greuter
• Psephellus yusufeliensis Tugay & Uysal
• Psephellus zangezuri Sosn.
• Psephellus zuvandicus Sosn.

Notes and References

1. 10.3372/wi.33.33104 . The Euro+Med treatment of Cardueae (Compositae) — generic concepts and required new names . 2003 . Greuter . Werner . 85940025 . Willdenowia . 33 . 49–61 . free .
2. Web site: Psephellus Cass. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 6 August 2020 .