Reichardia | |
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Reichardia gaditana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Subtribe: | Sonchinae |
Genus: |
Reichardia Roth 1787, not Roth 1800 (Plantaginaceae) nor Roth 1821 (Fabaceae) nor Dennst. 1818 (Apocynaceae) |
Synonyms | |
Picridium Desf. |
External identifiers for Reichardia (Asteraceae) | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 61861 |
ITIS | 38819 |
NCBI | 43205 |
Also found in: |
Picridium Desf.
Reichardia is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family native to the Mediterranean and western Asia. In Crete, Greece the leaves and tender shoots of a variety of Reichardia picroides called galatsida (γαλατσίδα) are eaten raw, boiled, cooked in steam or browned with olive oil by the locals.Brighteyes is a common name for plants in this genus.