| Rhanterium | |
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| Rhanterium epapposum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Inuleae |
| Genus: | Rhanterium Desf. |
| Type species | |
| Rhanterium suaveolens Desf. | |
Rhanterium is a genus of dwarf-shrubs in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae growing in the deserts of the Middle East and northern Africa.
- Species
- Rhanterium adpressum Coss. & Durieu - Morocco, Algeria
- Rhanterium epapposum Oliv. - Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan
- Rhanterium suaveolens Desf. - Algeria, Libya, Tunisia
References
- Dictionnaire des sciences naturels. Levrault, Schoell. 1827. pp. 312–314.
- Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1791. Flora Atlantica 2: 291-292 in Latin
- Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1791. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 240 full-page line drawing of Rhanterium suaveolens
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- The Plant List search for Rhanterium
- Flora of Qatar, Rhanterium epapposum Oliv.
- "Rhanterium suaveolens". Sahara-nature (in French).
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