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Taxon:  Gundelia tournefortii L.



Summary
Genus:
Gundelia
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Subtribe:
Scolyminae
Nomen number:
18071
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:814. 1753
Verified:
11/01/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt checklist. 1995
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  4. Farr, E. R. et al., eds. Index nomina genericorum. 1979; suppl. 1986
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
  9. Lev-Yadun, S. 1999. Traditional use of A'kub (Gundelia tournefortii), in Israel and the Palestinian Authority area. Econ. Bot. 53:217-223. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  10. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  11. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  12. Parsa, A. Flore de l'Iran. 1943-1952
  13. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  14. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  15. Täckholm, V. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2. 1974
  16. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
  17. 1964. Turk Biol. Derg. 14:5-9.
Common names
Transliterated Arabic
a'kub –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Human food


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