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Cousinia
The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae (= Cynareae) is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 600-700 species distributed in central and western Asia.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cousinia microcarpa
speciesCousinia microcarpa

Cousinia affinis
speciesCousinia affinis

Cousinia hermonis
speciesCousinia hermonis

Cousinia resinosa
speciesCousinia resinosa

Cousinia polycephala
speciesCousinia polycephala

Cousinia tenella
speciesCousinia tenella

Cousinia schtschurowskiana
speciesCousinia schtschurowskiana

Cousinia alata
speciesCousinia alata

Cousinia minkwitziae
speciesCousinia minkwitziae

Cousinia hamadae
speciesCousinia hamadae

Cousinia radians
speciesCousinia radians

Cousinia integrifolia
speciesCousinia integrifolia

Cousinia orientalis
speciesCousinia orientalis

Cousinia pseudodshizakensis
speciesCousinia pseudodshizakensis

Cousinia rotundifolia
speciesCousinia rotundifolia

Ladakh Thistle
speciesCousinia thomsonii

Cousinia coronata
speciesCousinia coronata

Cousinia macrocephala
speciesCousinia macrocephala

Cousinia prolifera
speciesCousinia prolifera

Cousinia sewerzowii
speciesCousinia sewerzowii

Cousinia odontolepis
speciesCousinia odontolepis

Cousinia onopordioides
speciesCousinia onopordioides

Cousinia bonvalotii
speciesCousinia bonvalotii

Cousinia spryginii
speciesCousinia spryginii
Cousinia congesta
speciesCousinia congesta

Cousinia daralaghezica
speciesCousinia daralaghezica

Cousinia pseudolanata
speciesCousinia pseudolanata

Cousinia dshisakensis
speciesCousinia dshisakensis

Cousinia rhodantha
speciesCousinia rhodantha

Cousinia libanotica
speciesCousinia libanotica

Cousinia tianschanica
speciesCousinia tianschanica

Cousinia astracanica
speciesCousinia astracanica

Cousinia botschantzevii
speciesCousinia botschantzevii

Cousinia fetissowii
speciesCousinia fetissowii

Cousinia moabitica
speciesCousinia moabitica

Cousinia regelii
speciesCousinia regelii

Cousinia dayi
speciesCousinia dayi

Cousinia stenocephala
speciesCousinia stenocephala

Cousinia macrolepis
speciesCousinia macrolepis

Cousinia stellaris
speciesCousinia stellaris

Cousinia glabriseta
speciesCousinia glabriseta

Cousinia carduncelloidea
speciesCousinia carduncelloidea

Cousinia canescens
speciesCousinia canescens

Cousinia chrysochlora
speciesCousinia chrysochlora

Cousinia rubiginosa
speciesCousinia rubiginosa

Cousinia vicaria
speciesCousinia vicaria

Cousinia afghanica
speciesCousinia afghanica

Cousinia turkmenorum
speciesCousinia turkmenorum
Cousinia outichaschensis
speciesCousinia outichaschensis

Cousinia macroptera
speciesCousinia macroptera

Cousinia pseudomollis
speciesCousinia pseudomollis

Cousinia sogdiana
speciesCousinia sogdiana

Cousinia inflata
speciesCousinia inflata

Cousinia horridula
speciesCousinia horridula

Cousinia ermenekensis
speciesCousinia ermenekensis

Cousinia buphthalmoides
speciesCousinia buphthalmoides

Cousinia azmarensis
speciesCousinia azmarensis

Cousinia kopi-karadaghensis
speciesCousinia kopi-karadaghensis

Cousinia boissieri
speciesCousinia boissieri

Cousinia chrysandra
speciesCousinia chrysandra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 438408.