Cichorieae
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Cichorieae is a tribe of plants in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

 that includes 100 genera and more than 1,600 species. They are found primarily in temperate regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.
Well known members include lettuce
Lettuce
Lettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable. It is eaten either raw, notably in salads, sandwiches, hamburgers, tacos, and many other dishes, or cooked, as in Chinese cuisine in which the stem becomes just as important...

, chicory
Chicory
Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons , or for roots , which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also...

, dandelion, and salsify
Salsify
Tragopogon, also known as salsify or goatsbeard, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family Asteraceae that has over 140 species, including the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as weeds.Salsifies are forbs growing...

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List of Genera

  • Acanthocephalus
    Acanthocephalus
    Acanthocephalus is a genus of the botanical family Asteraceae....

  • Agoseris
    Agoseris
    Agoseris is a small genus of liguliferous herbs in the Asteraceae or sunflower family. In general appearance they are reminiscent of dandelions and are sometimes called mountain dandelion or false dandelion...

  • Andryala
    Andryala
    Andryala is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.-Selected species:A. agardhii Haensel. ex DC.A. allochroa Hoffmanns. & LinkA. arenaria Boiss...

  • Anisocoma
  • Aposeris
    Aposeris
    Aposeris is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Arnoseris
    Arnoseris
    Arnoseris is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Atrichoseris
    Atrichoseris
    Atrichoseris is a monotypic genus containing the single species Atrichoseris platyphylla, which is known by the common names tobacco weed, parachute plant, and gravel ghost. This plant, a member of the daisy family, is native to the desert southwest of the United States...

  • Calycoseris
    Calycoseris
    Calycoseris is a small genus of two species of annual desert wildflowers in the daisy family. They are native to western North America in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. They are characterized by the tack-shaped gland hairs on their upper stems and bracts, the trait which...

  • Catananche
    Catananche
    Catananche is a genus of the botanical family Asteraceae....

  • Cephalorrhynchus
    Cephalorrhynchus
    Cephalorrhynchus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.-Description:Biennial or perennial daisy-like herbaceous plants with erect stem. Leaves are alternate, oval or oblong, undivided or pinnate. Roots thicken in tuberous form....

  • Chaetadelpha
    Chaetadelpha
    Chaetadelpha is a monotypic genus in the sunflower family containing the single species Chaetadelpha wheeleri, or Wheeler's skeletonweed. This brushy perennial plant is native to the western United States. It forms a low bush with plentiful erect stems covered in very narrow, long and pointed leaves...

  • Chaetoseris
  • Chlorocrepis
  • Chondrilla
    Chondrilla
    Chondrilla is the scientific name shared by two genera of life-forms:*Chondrilla is a genus of plants in family Asteraceae. The best known species is Chondrilla juncea, the rush skeletonweed*Chondrilla is a genus of sea sponges...

  • Chorisis
    Chorisis
    Chorisis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Cicerbita
    Cicerbita
    Cicerbita is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae family.- Description :Cicerbita are mostly quite strong, perennial herbaceous plants. Their leaves are lyre-shaped or toothed pinnate with a terminal lobe which is clearly larger than the side lobes. Some species have only one pair of rather small...

  • Cichorium
    Cichorium
    Cichorium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The species are commonly known as chicory or endive – there are two cultivated species, and four to six wild species....

  • Crepidiastrum
    Crepidiastrum
    Crepidiastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Crepis
    Crepis
    Crepis, commonly known in some parts of the world as hawksbeard or hawk's-beard , is a genus of about 200 annual and perennial flowering plants of the family Asteraceae superficially resembling the dandelion, the most conspicuous difference being that Crepis usually has branching...

  • Dendroseris
    Dendroseris
    Dendroseris is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It contains the following species:* Dendroseris berteriana* Dendroseris gigantea* Dendroseris litoralis* Dendroseris macrantha* Dendroseris macrophylla...

  • Dubyaea
    Dubyaea
    Dubyaea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Epilasia
    Epilasia
    Epilasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Erythroseris
  • Faberia
    Faberia
    Faberia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Faberiopsis
  • Garhadiolus
  • Geropogon
    Geropogon
    Geropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Glyptopleura
    Glyptopleura
    Glyptopleura is a monotypic genus in the daisy family containing the single species Glyptopleura marginata. The common names for this plant include carveseed, holy dandelion, keysia, and crustleaf. Some sources consider Glyptopleura setulosa to be a separate species, while others consider it to be...

  • Gundelia
    Gundelia
    The gundelia is a spiny, thistle-like flowering plant, any of several species of the genus Gundelia, in the sunflower family , particularly G. tournefortii...

  • Hedypnois
    Hedypnois
    Hedypnois is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.-Species:Species include:* Hedypnois annua P. Miller ex Ferris* Hedypnois cretica Dum.Cours....

  • Helminthotheca
    Helminthotheca
    The genus Helminthotheca is an genus, which belongs to the family Asteraceae. Its members are often treated as species of other genera:-List of species:* Helminthotheca aculeata → Picris aculeata...

  • Heteracia
    Heteracia
    Heteracia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Heteroderis
    Heteroderis
    Heteroderis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Hexinia
  • Hieracium
    Hieracium
    Hieracium known by its common name Hawkweed and long ago by its classical name hierakion which comes from the ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk"...

  • Hispidella
    Hispidella
    Hispidella is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Hymenonema
    Hymenonema
    Hymenonema is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Hyoseris
    Hyoseris
    Hyoseris is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.-Species:* Hyoseris angustifolia* Hyoseris arenaria* Hyoseris aspera* Hyoseris baetica* Hyoseris biflora* Hyoseris caroliniana* Hyoseris cretica...

  • Hypochaeris
    Hypochaeris
    Hypochaeris is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. Many species are known as cat's ear. These are annual and perennial herbs generally bearing flower heads with yellow ray florets....

  • Ixeridium
    Ixeridium
    Ixeridium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Ixeris
    Ixeris
    Ixeris is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.-Selected species:* Ixeris afghanica Rech.f. & Köie* Ixeris alpicola Nakai* Ixeris ameristophylla Stebbins* Ixeris brachyrhyncha Nemoto...

  • Koelpinia
    Koelpinia
    Koelpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Krigia
    Krigia
    Krigia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Lactuca
    Lactuca
    Lactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae. The genus includes about 100 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia....

  • Lagedium
  • Lapsana
  • Lapsanastrum
  • Lasiospora
  • Launaea
    Launaea
    Launaea is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It contains the following species:* Launaea arborescens* Launaea crepoides* Launaea glomerata* Launaea nudicaulis* Launaea quercifolia* Launaea resedifolia...

  • Leontodon
  • Lygodesmia
    Lygodesmia
    Lygodesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Malacothrix
    Malacothrix (plant)
    Malacothrix is a genus of flowering plants related to daisies. They are known generally as desert dandelions or desertdandelions. Most are found in North America and a few have been introduced to South America...

  • Microseris
    Microseris
    Microseris is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, represented on several continents. There are approximately 14 species.Species include:*Microseris acuminata - Sierra foothill silverpuffs*Microseris bigelovii - coastal silverpuffs...

  • Mulgedium
    Mulgedium
    Mulgedium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Munzothamnus
    Munzothamnus
    Munzothamnus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the daisy family containing the single species Munzothamnus blairii, which is known by the common name Blair's wirelettuce, or Blair's munzothamnus. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. It grows...

  • Mycelis
    Mycelis
    Mycelis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Nabalus
    Nabalus
    Nabalus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Nothocalaïs
    Nothocalais
    Nothocalais is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. There are four species in total, known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris...

  • Notoseris
    Notoseris
    Notoseris is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Paramicrorynchus
  • Paraixeris
    Paraixeris
    Paraixeris is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Paraprenanthes
    Paraprenanthes
    Paraprenanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Phalacroseris
    Phalacroseris
    Phalacroseris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the daisy family containing the single species Phalacroseris bolanderi, which is known by the common name Bolander's mock dandelion.-Description:...

  • Phitosia
  • Picris
    Picris
    Picris is a genus in the family Asteraceae .Picris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, such as the grass moth Diasemia reticularis. Schinia cardui feeds exclusively on P. hieracioides....

  • Pilosella
  • Pinaropappus
    Pinaropappus
    Pinaropappus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Pleiacanthus
    Pleiacanthus
    Pleiacanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family containing the single species Pleiacanthus spinosus , which is known by the common name thorn skeletonweed, or thorny skeletonweed...

  • Podospermum
  • Prenanthella
    Prenanthella
    Prenanthella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the daisy family containing the single species Prenanthella exigua, which is known by the common name brightwhite. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Texas and it is known as far north as Idaho. Its habitat...

  • Prenanthes
    Prenanthes
    Prenanthes is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, often referred to as Rattlesnake root. It consists of about 25 to 30 species, native to North America, Asia, and Africa. Most species have flowers that nod and lobed leaves. The genus, as defined this way, may be polyphyletic.The flowers...

  • Pterachaenia
  • Pterocypsela
    Pterocypsela
    Pterocypsela is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Pyrrhopappus
    Pyrrhopappus
    Pyrrhopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Rafinesquia
    Rafinesquia
    Rafinesquia, commonly known as Plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which are native to the west of the United States and Mexico....

  • Reichardia
    Reichardia (plant)
    Reichardia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. In Crete, Greece the leaves and tender shoots of a variety of Reichardia picroides called are eaten raw, boiled, cooked in steam or browned with olive oil by the locals.-Species:...

  • Rhagadiolus
    Rhagadiolus
    Rhagadiolus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.Species include:*Rhagadiolus stellatus-External links:*...

  • Rothmaleria
    Rothmaleria
    Rothmaleria is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Scariola
    Scariola
    Scariola is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Scolymus
    Scolymus
    Scolymus is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe north to northwestern France....

  • Scorzonera
    Scorzonera
    Scorzonera is a genus of the sunflower family , subfamily Lactucoideae, tribe Lactuceae, subtribe Scorzonerinae.It comprises about 100 species, the best-known of which is the edible black salsify...

  • Scorzoneroides
  • Sonchus
    Sonchus
    Sonchus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae. Most of the species are annual herbs, a few are perennial, and some are even woody...

  • Soroseris
    Soroseris
    Soroseris is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Stebbinsia
  • Stebbinsoseris
  • Stenoseris
  • Stephanomeria
    Stephanomeria
    Stephanomeria is a genus of plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the family Asteraceae. The ten perennial and six annual species are restricted to western North America....

  • Steptorhamphus
    Steptorhamphus
    Steptorhamphus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Syncalathum
  • Takhtajaniantha
  • Taraxacum
    Taraxacum
    Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. Both species are edible in their entirety...

  • Thamnoseris
    Thamnoseris
    Thamnoseris is a genus of 1 species, Thamnoseris lacerata, in the daisy family. This pachycaul tree is endemic to the Desventuradas Islands....

  • Tolpis
    Tolpis
    Tolpis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Many species are limited to the Canary Islands.Species include:*Tolpis barbata*Tolpis coronopifolia*Tolpis crassiuscula*Tolpis farinulosa*Tolpis glabrescens...

  • Tourneuxia
    Tourneuxia
    Tourneuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Tragopogon
  • Uropappus
    Uropappus
    Uropappus is a monotypic genus belonging to the plant family Asteraceae. Its only member is Uropappus lindleyi, commonly known as silverpuffs, occurs throughout California, and in the Western United States and northwestern Mexico....

  • Urospermum
    Urospermum
    Urospermum is a small genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. There are two species. Urospermum dalechampii is native to Europe. Urospermum picroides is native to Eurasia but it is known in many other areas as an introduced species....

  • Warionia
    Warionia
    Warionia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....

  • Wilemetia
  • Youngia
    Youngia
    Youngia is an Asiatic genus of Asteraceae. There are several weed species in the genus including the endangered Youngia nilgiriensis Babcock from Sispara and Youngia japonica, which is also known as Japanese Hawkweed....


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