Launaea nudicaulis, commonly known as the bold-leaf launaea, is a species of plant native to an area from Spain in the west through North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia to India in the east,[1] including the Negev and Judean desert.[2] In India it is known under a common name bhatal and is found in Hazara, Mansehra, Multan, Rawalpindi and Scinde districts of Punjab and Lahore.[3]

Launaea nudicaulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Launaea
Species:
L. nudicaulis
Binomial name
Launaea nudicaulis
Synonyms[1]
  • Ammoseris nudicaulis (L.) D.Dietr.
  • Atalanthus nudicaulis (L.) Pomel
  • Chondrilla nudicaulis L.
  • Lactuca nudicaulis (L.) Murray
  • Lomatolepis nudicaulis (L.) Cass.
  • Microrhynchus nudicaulis (L.) Less.
  • Rhabdotheca nudicaulis (L.) Pomel
  • Sonchus nudicaulis (L.) Sch.Bip.
  • Zollikoferia nudicaulis (L.) Boiss.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Launaea nudicaulis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ Bailey, Clinton; Danin, Avinoam (1981). "Bedouin Plant Utilization in Sinai and the Negev". Economic Botany. 35 (2). Springer on behalf of New York Botanical Garden Press: 154. doi:10.1007/BF02858682. JSTOR 4254272. S2CID 27839209.
  3. ^ "A note on Indian wheat-rusts". Records of the Botanical Survey of India. 1 (1). Calcutta, India: Botanical Survey of India. 1893.