Takhtajaniantha

Takhtajaniantha is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae, widespread across central Asia, Middle east and eastern Europe.^[1][2]

Takhtajaniantha
Takhtajaniantha pusilla
Takhtajaniantha austriaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Subtribe:	Scorzonerinae
Genus:	Takhtajaniantha Nazarova

The genus is named for Armenian botanist Armen Takhtajan, 1910-2009.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Takhtajaniantha:^[3]

• Takhtajaniantha austriaca (Willd.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Takhtajaniantha capito (Maxim.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Takhtajaniantha crispa (M.Bieb.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Takhtajaniantha ikonnikovii (Lipsch. & Krasch.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Takhtajaniantha mongolica (Maxim.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Takhtajaniantha pseudodivaricata (Lipsch.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Takhtajaniantha pusilla (Pall.) Nazarova
• Takhtajaniantha subacaulis (Regel) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz (Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Takhtajaniantha veresczaginii (Kamelin & S.V.Smirn.) Kamelin & S.V.Smirn.