Knautia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Knautieae
Genus: Knautia
Subgenera: K. subg. Knautia – K. subg. Trichera – K. subg. Tricheroides
Species: K. adriatica – K. albanica – K. ambigua – K. arvensis – K. arvernensis – K. baldensis – K. basaltica – K. byzantina – K. calycina – K. carinthiaca – K. caroli-rechingeri – K. clementii – K. collina – K. dalmatica – K. degenii – K. dinarica – K. drymeja – K. fleischmannii – K. foreziensis – K. godetii – K. goecmenii – K. gracilis – K. gussonei – K. illyrica – K. involucrata – K. integrifolia – K. kitaibelii – K. lebrunii – K. legionensis – K. longifolia – K. lucana – K. macedonica – K. magnifica – K. mauritanica – K. maxima – K. mollis – K. nevadensis – K. numantina – K. orientalis – K. pancicii – K. pectinata – K. persicina – K. queraltii – K. ressmannii – K. rupicola – K. salvadoris – K. sarajevensis – K. serpentinicola – K. shepardii – K. sivridaghense – K. slovaca – K. subcanescens – K. subscaposa – K. tatarica – K. transalpina – K. transsilvanica – K. travnicensis – K. turocensis – K. velebitica – K. velutina – K. visianii
Nothospecies: K. × alleizettei – K. × chassagnei – K. × dobrogensis – K. × intercedens – K. × leucantha – K. × norica – K. × oecsemensis – K. × sambucifolia – K. × ujhelyii

This taxon list was last updated on 21 February 2025.
- See also: Knautia taxa list

Name

Knautia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 101 (1753).

Type species: Knautia orientalis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 101 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Lychniscabiosa Heist. ex Fabr., Enum. 90 (1759).
Heterotypic
- Anisodens Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 465 (1867).
  - Type species: non design.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Krym, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
Asia-Temperate
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutskiya.
- Western Asia
  - East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 101. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Knautia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Knautia. Published online. Accessed: 3 March 2023. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Knautia. Accessed: 21 Feb 2025.
Hassler, M. 2023. Knautia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug. 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Knautia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 March 2023.

Vernacular names

čeština: Chrastavec
kaszëbsczi: Głowôcz
dansk: Blåhat
Deutsch: Witwenblumen
dolnoserbski: Bubliny
English: Widow flowers
Esperanto: Knaŭtio
español: Flores de la Viuda
eesti: Äiatar (perekond)
suomi: Ruusuruohot
français: Knauties
hornjoserbsce: Hłowač
Ido: Knaucio
адыгэбзэ: Барэбыдзхэр
lietuvių: Buožainė
Nederlands: Knautia
polski: Świerzbnica
русский: Короставник
slovenčina: Chrastavec
svenska: Åkerväddar
中文: 孀草属, 裸盆花属