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Pycnocomon

Pycnocomon
Pycnocomon intermedium between Branqueira and Olhos de Água, Algarve in Portugal.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Pycnocomon
Hoffmanns. & Link

Pycnocomon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caprifoliaceae.[1] They were formerly placed in the defunct family of Dipsacaceae.[2]

It is native to the Mediterranean and found in the countries of Algeria, Corsica, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain and Tunisia.[1]

It was first published in Fl. Portug. vol.2 on page 93 in 1820.[1]

It was included in genus Scabiosa L. for a long time but molecular data demonstrated that genera Pycnocomon and Lomelosia (another Scabiosa-like genus) form a clade distinct from Scabiosa.[2]

In 2017, a new species from the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites, Aceria pycnocomi was found on Pycnocomon rutifolium in Spain. [3]

Pycnocomon rutifolium in Spain was screened for Anticancer activity in 2021.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Pycnocomon Hoffmanns. & Link | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Avino, M.; Tortoriello, G.; Caputo, P. (2009). "A phylogenetic analysis of Dipsacaceae (Dipsacales) based on four DNA regions". Pl. Syst. Evol. 279: 69–86. doi:10.1007/s00606-009-0147-y.
  3. ^ Ripka, Géza; Sánchez, Iñigo (March 2017). "A new Aceria species (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Spain on Pycnocomon rutifolium (Dipsacaceae) and supplementary descriptions of Aceria eucricotes and A. kuko from Lycium spp. (Solanaceae)". Zootaxa. 4244 (2): 195. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4244.2.2. PMID 28610119.
  4. ^ Calderón-Montaño, José Manuel; Martínez-Sánchez, Sara María; Jiménez-González, Víctor; Burgos-Morón, Estefanía; Guillén-Mancina, Emilio; Jiménez-Alonso, Julio José; Díaz-Ortega, Patricia; García, Felipe; Aparicio, Abelardo; López-Lázaro, Miguel (October 2021). "Screening for Selective Anticancer Activity of 65 Extracts of Plants Collected in Western Andalusia, Spain". Plants. 10 (10): 2193. doi:10.3390/plants10102193. PMC 8537044. PMID 34686002.

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