Reichardia (Asteraceae)

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Hyoseridinae
Genus: Reichardia
Species: R. crystallina – R. dichotoma – R. famarae – R. gaditana – R. intermedia – R. ligulata – R. macrophylla – R. picroides – R. tingitana

Nothospecies: R. x baetica – R. x canariensis – R. x sventenia
Name

Reichardia Roth, Bot. Abh. Beobacht. 35. (1787)

Type species: Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth Botanische Abhandlungen und Beobachtungen 35. (1787)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Picridium Desf. in Fl. Atlant. 2: 220. (1799)

Homonyms

Reichardia Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 32. (1818) vide Tabernaemontana Plum. ex L., Sp. Pl.: 210. (1753) (Apocynaceae)
Reichardia Roth, Catal. Bot. 3: 64 (1800), nom. illeg. vide Maurandya Ortega, Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 21. (1797) (Plantaginaceae)
Reichardia Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 210. (1821), nom. illeg. vide Pterolobium R.Br. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 283 (1834), nom. cons. (Fabaceae)

References
Primary references

Roth, A.W. 1787. Botanische Abhandlungen und Beobachtungen 35.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Reichardia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 23. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Reichardia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 23 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Reichardia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 23. Reference page. 
Tropicos.org 2019. Reichardia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar. 2019.

Vernacular names

العربية: نكد
English: Brighteyes
中文: 亮眼苣属

Reichardia is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae native to the Mediterranean and western Asia.[3] In Crete, Greece the leaves and tender shoots of a variety of Reichardia picroides called galatsida (γαλατσίδα) are eaten raw, boiled, cooked in steam or browned with olive oil by the locals.[4] Brighteyes is a common name for plants in this genus.[5]

Species[6][2]

Reichardia baetica M.J.Gallego & Talavera
Reichardia canariensis M.J.Gallego & Talavera
Reichardia crystallina (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Bramwell
Reichardia dichotoma (DC.) Freyn
Reichardia famarae Bramwell & G.Kunkel ex M.J.Gallego & Talavera
Reichardia gaditana (Willk.) Samp.
Reichardia intermedia (Sch.Bip.) Samp.
Reichardia ligulata (Vent.) G.Kunkel & Sunding
Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth – common brighteyes[7]
Reichardia × sventenia M.J.Gallego & Talavera
Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth

References

Tropicos search for Reichardia
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Reichardia includes photos plus European distribution maps
Kleonikos G. Stavridakis, Κλεόνικος Γ. Σταυριδάκης (2006). Wild edible plants of Crete - Η Άγρια βρώσιμη χλωρίδα της Κρήτης. Rethymnon Crete. ISBN 960-631-179-1.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Reichardia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
The Plant List
US Department of Agriculture plants profile Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth (Common brighteyes)