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Mastrucium

Serratula
Serratula tinctoria.jpg
Serratula tinctoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Serratula
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Type species
Serratula tinctoria
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Synonyms

Serratula is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family native to Eurasia.Plumeless saw-wort is a common name for plants in this genus.Serratula as traditionally defined contains at least two groups: one of which is basal within the subtribe Centaureinae and one of which is derived; the former group can be moved to the genus Klasea.

Various species contain apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, other flavonoids and ecdysteroids.

numerous species now considered members of other genera: Acilepis Baccharoides Carphephorus Chronopappus Cirsium Crupina Cyanthillium Goniocaulon Hemistepta Heterocoma Hololepis Jurinea Klasea Laggera Liatris Lucilia Olgaea Oligochaeta Ptilostemon Rhaponticum Saussurea Scrobicaria Stemmacantha Synurus Syreitschikovia Vernonia


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