Serratula
| Serratula | |
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| Serratula tinctoria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cynareae |
| Genus: |
Serratula L. |
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Serratula tinctoria L. |
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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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