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Echinops
Echinops adenocaulos with a shield bug
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Cynareae Genus: Echinops L.
Species
About 120 species, see text

Echinops is a genus of about 120 species of thistles in the daisy family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa.

Species include:

• Echinops adenocaulos
  
• Echinops bannaticus
  
• Echinops chantavicus
  
• Echinops exaltatus
  
• Echinops giganteus
  
• Echinops gmelinii
  
• Echinops graecus
  
• Echinops humilis
  
• Echinops latifolius
  
• Echinops nivens
  
• Echinops orientalis
  
• Echinops ritro
  
• Echinops ruthenicus
  
• Echinops sphaerocephalus
  
• Echinops spinosissimus
  
• Echinops setifer Iljin
  
• Echinops tournefortii
  
• Echinops tschimganicus

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