Overview
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Picris (oxtongues) is a genus in the family Asteraceae (or Compositae).
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.
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- ^ a b "Picris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38246.
- ^ L. B. Moore & E. Edgar (1970). "25. Picris L., 1753". Flora of New Zealand. Volume II. Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledons except Graminae. http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/taxon.aspx?id=_0c3b367a-6da0-44d6-8370-7f3f55c88ab0. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Picris is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 113 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Picris: P. abyssinica · P. aculeata · P. albida · P. algarbiensis · P. altissima · P. amalecitana · P. angustifolia · P. angustifolia carolorum-henricorum · P. angustifolia merxmuelleri · P. arvalis · P. aspera · P. asperrima · P. asplenioides · P. asplenioides saharae · P. assiatica · P. attenuata · P. auriculata · P. autumnalis · P. babylonica · P. barbarorum · P. burbidgeae · P. burbidgei · P. campylocarpa · P. canescens · P. carolorum-henricorum · P. comosa · P. compacta · P. conyzoides · P. coronopifolia · P. crepoides · P. cupuligera · P. cyanocarpa · P. cyprica · P. cyrenaica · P. dahurica · P. damascana · P. damascena · P. danubialis · P. davurica · P. desertorum · P. divaricata · P. drummondii · P. echinoides · P. echioides (Bristly Oxtongue) · P. echoides · P. eichleri · P. eupuligera · P. evae · P. filii · P. galilaea · P. gracilis · P. grandiflora · P. helminthioides · P. hieracioides (Hawkweed Ox-Tongue) · P. hieracioides subsp. japonica · P. hieracioides koreana · P. hieracioides var. glabescens · P. hieracium · P. hieracoides · P. hispanica · P. hispidissima · P. humifusa · P. humilis · P. integrifolia · P. japonica · P. kamtschatica · P. kelleriana · P. koreana · P. kotschyi · P. laciniata · P. laevis · P. longifolia · P. longirostris · P. lyrata · P. manginiana · P. mauginiana · P. morrisonensis · P. nuristanica · P. ohwiana · P. olympica · P. paleacea · P. pauciflora (Smallflower Oxtongue) · P. pilosa · P. pyrenaica · P. racemosa · P. radicata · P. repens · P. rhagadioloides · P. rhagadiolus · P. rielii · P. rigens · P. rigida · P. ruderalis · P. scaberrima · P. scabra · P. sinuata · P. sonchoides · P. spinifera · P. spinulosa · P. sprengerana · P. sprengeriana (Bitterweed) · P. squarrosa · P. stricta · P. strigosa · P. sulphurea · P. tenuis · P. tuberosa · P. villarsii · P. wagenitzii · P. willkomii · P. willkommi · P. willkommii · P. xylopoda
References
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- TSN 38246. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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