| Distaff thistles | |
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| Saffron thistle, Carthamus lanatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Centaureinae |
| Genus: | Carthamus L. |
| Type species | |
| Carthamus tinctorius | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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The genus Carthamus, the distaff thistles, includes plants in the family Asteraceae.[4] The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.[3][5] The flower has been used since ancient times in the Philippines, which it has been called kasubha by the Tagalog people.[6]
The best known species is the safflower (Carthamus tinctorius).
- Species[3]
- Carthamus arborescens L.
- Carthamus atractyloides (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus balearicus (J.J.Rodr.) Greuter
- Carthamus boissieri Halácsy
- Carthamus caeruleus L.
- Carthamus calvus (Boiss. & Reut.) Batt.
- Carthamus carduncellus L.
- Carthamus carthamoides (Pomel) Batt.
- Carthamus catrouxii (Emb. ex Maire) Greuter
- Carthamus cespitosus (Batt.) Greuter
- Carthamus chouletteanus (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus creticus L.
- Carthamus curdicus Hanelt
- Carthamus dentatus Vahl
- Carthamus dianius (Webb) Coincy
- Carthamus duvauxii (Batt. & Trab.) Prain
- Carthamus eriocephalus (Boiss.) Greuter
- Carthamus flavescens Willd.
- Carthamus fruticosus Maire
- Carthamus glaucus M.Bieb.
- Carthamus gypsicola Iljin
- Carthamus helenioides Desf.
- Carthamus hispanicus (Boiss. ex DC.) Sch.Bip.
- Carthamus ilicifolius (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus lanatus L.
- Carthamus leucocaulos Sm.
- Carthamus lucens (Ball) Greuter
- Carthamus mareoticus Delile
- Carthamus matritensis (Pau) Greuter
- Carthamus mitissimus L.
- Carthamus multifidus Desf.
- Carthamus nitidus Boiss.
- Carthamus oxyacantha M.Bieb.
- Carthamus pectinatus Desf.
- Carthamus persicus Desf. ex Willd.
- Carthamus pinnatus Desf.
- Carthamus plumosus (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus pomelianus (Batt.) Batt.
- Carthamus reboudianus (Batt.) Prain
- Carthamus rechingeri P.H.Davis
- Carthamus rhaponticoides (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus riphaeus Font Quer & Pau
- Carthamus strictus (Pomel) Batt.
- Carthamus tamamschjanae Gabrieljan
- Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & Blanche) Bornm.
- Carthamus tinctorius L.
- Carthamus turkestanicus Popov
