Phonus

Phonus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes four species native to the Mediterranean basin, Macaronesia, western and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, and southern European Russia.^[1]

Phonus
Phonus arborescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Centaureinae
Genus:	Phonus Hill
Synonyms[1]
Heracantha Hoffmanns. & Link

Species

Four species are accepted.^[1]

• Phonus arborescens (L.) G.López
• Phonus lanatus (L.) Hill
• Phonus mareoticus (Delile) G.López
• Phonus rhiphaeus (Font Quer & Pau) G.López