Alfredia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1816.Cuvier, Georges-Frédéric. 1816. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 1(Suppl.): 115-116. in FrenchTropicos, Alfredia Cass.
Alfredia is native to Central Asia and western China.Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 154 翅膜菊属 chi mo ju shu Alfredia Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 1(Suppl.): 115. 1816.
SpeciesThe Plant List, search for Alfredia Alfredia acantholepis Kar. & Kir. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Alfredia aspera C.Shih - Xinjiang Alfredia cernua (L.) Cass. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan Alfredia fetissowii Iljin - Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan Alfredia integrifolia (Iljin) Tulyag. - Central Asia Alfredia nivea Kar. & Kir. - Xinjiang, Altai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Alfredia talassica Korovin ex Iljin - Turkmenistan
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