Reichardia

This article is about the genus in the Asteraceae. For the defunct genus in Plantaginaceae, see Maurandya. For the defunct genus in Fabaceae, see Pterolobium. For the defunct genus in Apocynaceae, see Tabernaemontana. For the genus of flies, see Reichardia (fly).

Reichardia is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae native to the Mediterranean and western Asia.^[3] In Crete, Greece the leaves and tender shoots of a variety of Reichardia picroides called galatsida (γαλατσίδα) are eaten raw, boiled, cooked in steam or browned with olive oil by the locals.^[4] Brighteyes is a common name for plants in this genus.^[5]

Species^[6][2]

• Reichardia baetica M.J.Gallego & Talavera
• Reichardia canariensis M.J.Gallego & Talavera
• Reichardia crystallina (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Bramwell
• Reichardia dichotoma (DC.) Freyn
• Reichardia famarae Bramwell & G.Kunkel ex M.J.Gallego & Talavera
• Reichardia gaditana (Willk.) Samp.
• Reichardia intermedia (Sch.Bip.) Samp.
• Reichardia ligulata (Vent.) G.Kunkel & Sunding
• Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth – common brighteyes^[7]
• Reichardia × sventenia M.J.Gallego & Talavera
• Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth

Reichardia
Reichardia gaditana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Subtribe:	Hyoseridinae
Genus:	Reichardia Roth 1787, not Roth 1800 (Plantaginaceae) nor Roth 1821 (Fabaceae) nor Dennst. 1818 (Apocynaceae)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Picridium Desf.