Cephalaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 102 species native to southern Europe, western and central Asia, and northern and southern Africa.

They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to tall.

Cephalaria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia imperialis, which feeds exclusively on C.procera.

Species

102 species are accepted.

• Cephalaria adiyamanensis

• Cephalaria alpina (L.) Roem. & Schult.

• Cephalaria ambrosioides (Sibth. & Sm.) Roem. & Schult.

• Cephalaria anamurensis

• Cephalaria anatolica Shkhiyan

• Cephalaria aristata C.Koch

• Cephalaria armeniaca

• Cephalaria armerioides

• Cephalaria armoraciifolia

• Cephalaria attenuata

• Cephalaria axillaris

• Cephalaria aytachii

• Cephalaria balansae

• Cephalaria balkharica

• Cephalaria beijiangensis

• Cephalaria bojnordensis

• Cephalaria brevipalea

• Cephalaria calcarea

• Cephalaria cedrorum

• Cephalaria chaldoranensis

• Cephalaria cilicica

• Cephalaria cilodaghensis

• Cephalaria coriacea (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. ex Steud.

• Cephalaria dagestanica

• Cephalaria davisiana

• Cephalaria decurrens

• Cephalaria demetrii

• Cephalaria demirizii

• Cephalaria dichaetophora

• Cephalaria dirmilensis

• Cephalaria duzceensis

• Cephalaria ekimiana

• Cephalaria elazigensis

• Cephalaria elmaliensis

• Cephalaria fanourii

• Cephalaria flava (Sibth. & Sm.) Szabó

• Cephalaria foliosa

• Cephalaria galpiniana

• Cephalaria gazipashensis

• Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobrov – Tatarian Cephalaria

• Cephalaria goetzei

• Cephalaria golestanica

• Cephalaria hakkiarica

• Cephalaria hirsuta

• Cephalaria humilis

• Cephalaria integerrima

• Cephalaria integrifolia

• Cephalaria isaurica

• Cephalaria joppensis

• Cephalaria juncea

• Cephalaria katangensis

• Cephalaria kesruanica

• Cephalaria kleinii

• Cephalaria kotschyi

• Cephalaria kurdistanica

• Cephalaria kutahyaensis

• Cephalaria laevigata (Waldst. & Kit.) Schrad.

• Cephalaria leucantha (L.) Roem. & Schult.

• Cephalaria litvinovii Bobrov

• Cephalaria lycica

• Cephalaria mauritanica

• Cephalaria media

• Cephalaria microcephala

• Cephalaria microdonta

• Cephalaria nachiczevanica

• Cephalaria natalensis

• Cephalaria oblongifolia

• Cephalaria paphlagonica

• Cephalaria pastricensis Dörfl. & Hayek

• Cephalaria peshmenii

• Cephalaria petiolata

• Cephalaria procera

• Cephalaria pungens

• Cephalaria qeydarensis

• Cephalaria radiata Griseb. & Schenk

• Cephalaria retrosetosa

• Cephalaria rigida

• Cephalaria saldaensis

• Cephalaria salicifolia

• Cephalaria scabra (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.

• Cephalaria scoparia

• Cephalaria setosa

• Cephalaria sparsipilosa

• Cephalaria speciosa

• Cephalaria squamiflora (Sieber) Greuter

• Cephalaria stapfii

• Cephalaria stellipilis

• Cephalaria sublanata

• Cephalaria sumbuliana

• Cephalaria syriaca (L.) Roem. & Schult. – Syrian Cephalaria

• Cephalaria szaboi

• Cephalaria taurica

• Cephalaria tchihatchewii Boiss.

• Cephalaria tenella

• Cephalaria torbatejamensis

• Cephalaria transcaucasica

• Cephalaria transsylvanica (L.) Roem. & Schult.

• Cephalaria tuteliana

• Cephalaria uralensis (Murray) Roem. & Schult.

• Cephalaria velutina

• Cephalaria wilmsiana

• Cephalaria zeyheriana

Cultivation and uses

Some species are grown as ornamental plants in gardens. The most popular species is C. gigantea, a perennial species from the Caucasus growing to 2 m tall, valued for its strong erect growth with dark green foliage and yellow flowers.

See also

• Flora Europaea:

• Flora of Pakistan:

References