| Source: | Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
 
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                            | Name: | Launaea Cass. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 61, 321. 1822 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Genus | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Asterales
 Familia - Compositae Giseke
 Tribus - Cichorieae Lam. & DC.
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Heterachaena Fresen. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Lomatolepis Cass. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Microrhynchus Less. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Rhabdotheca Cass. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Zollikoferia DC. [non Nees ] | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Launaea amal-aminiae N. Kilian | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea angustifolia (Desf.) Kuntze | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea arborescens (Batt.) Murb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea capitata (Spreng.) Dandy | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea cervicornis (Boiss.) Font Quer & Rothm. | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea fragilis (Asso) Pau | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea lanifera Pau | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea massavensis (Fresen.) Kuntze | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea mucronata (Forssk.) Muschl. | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook. f. | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea pumila (Cav.) Kuntze | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea quercifolia (Desf.) Pamp. | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea spinosa (Forssk.) Kuntze | 
                          
                          	|  | Launaea viminea Batt. | 
 
						  
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		| Common names: | Launea (Italian), לוֹנֵאָה (Israel (Hebrew)), לוניאה (Israel (Hebrew)), لونييَة (Arabic)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Ag Bl(M N) Ca(C F G L P T) ?Ca(H) -Cr Cy Eg -Gr Hs(S) Ir Jo -Ju Le Li Ma Md(M) †Si(M) Si(S) Sn Sy Tn [Bl(I)] |