Name:		Echinops L., (1753) [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Compositae Giseke [Family] Asterales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Echinops amplexicaulis Oliver Echinops armatus Stev. Echinops banaticus Rochel ex Schrader Echinops blanchianus Boiss. Echinops chamaecephalus Hochst. ex A. Rich Echinops colchicus Echinops commutatus Jur. Echinops cornigerus DC. Echinops echinatus Roxb. Echinops exaltatus Schrad. Echinops graecus Echinops karatavicus Regel & Schmalh. Echinops latifolius Echinops macrochaetus Boiss. Echinops macrochaetus Fresen. Echinops maracandicus Bunge Echinops niveus Henderson Echinops niveus Wall. Echinops niveus Wall. ex Royle Echinops pungens Trautv. Echinops ritro L. Echinops ruthenicus Bieb. Echinops sphaerocephalus L. Echinops spinosus Bove ex DC. Echinops spinosus Herb. Madr. ex Wall. Echinops spinosus L. Echinops spinosus d’Urv. Echinops viridifolius Iljin
Cybertruffle Resources:		Biological Records Database (22 records)
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]