Dipsacoideae

Dipsacus pilosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Bassecoieae – Dipsaceae – Knautieae – Lomelosieae – Pseudoscabioseae – Pterocephalidieae – Scabioseae – Succiseae
Genera: Bassecoia – Cephalaria – Dipsacus – Knautia – Lomelosia – Pseudoscabiosa – Pterocephalidium – Pterocephalus – Pterothamnus – Pycnocomon – Scabiosa – Sixalix – Succisa – Succisella
Unassigned genus: Triplostegia

Name

Dipsacoideae Eaton, Bot. Dict. ed. 4: 36 (1836) (“Dipsaceae”)

• Type genus: Dipsacus L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dipsacaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 194 (1789) (as Dipsaceae), nom. cons.
• Heterotypic
  • Scabiosaceae Martinov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 563 (1820) (as Scabioseae).
    • Type genus: Scabiosa L. (1753).
    • Scabiosoideae Burnett, Outlines Bot. 918 (1835).

References

Primary references

• Eaton, A. 1836. Eatons’ Botanical Grammar and Dictionary, modernized down to 1836: published for a companion of Steeles’s seventh edition of the Manual of Botany. Ed. 4. Albany: O. Steele. 125 pp. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mayer, V. & Ehrendorfer, F. 2013. The phylogenetic position of Pterocephalidium and the new African genus Pterothamnus within an improved classification of Dipsacaceae. Taxon 62(1): 112–126. DOI: 10.1002/tax.621010 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.  (separating Lomelosieae and Scabioseae as Scabiosoideae within the family Dipsacaceae).
• Reveal, J.L. 2012. Newly required infrafamilial names mandated by changes in the Code of Nomenclature For Algae, Fungi, and Plants. Phytoneuron 2012-33: 1–32. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Dipsacoideae. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 21 2025. Reference page.
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: štětkovité
Deutsch: Kardengewächse
English: Teasel Family
español: Familia del Cardo
suomi: Purtojuurikasvit
français: Dipsacacées
magyar: Mácsonyaformák
հայերեն: Ակքանազգիներ
македонски: Чешлики
Nederlands: Kaardebolfamilie
norsk: Kardeborrefamilien
polski: Szczeciowate
русский: Ворсянковые
svenska: Väddväxter
Türkçe: Tarak otugiller

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