Scorzonera is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
They are distributed in Europe, Asia,[3] and Africa.[4] Its center of diversity is in the Mediterranean.[5] Well-known species include the edible black salsify (Scorzonera hispanica). Scorzonera tau-saghyz is a source of natural rubber.[6][7][8]
Scorzonera is recorded as a food plant for the larva of the Nutmeg, a species of moth.
The genus contains the following species.[1][9]
One possible origin of the genus name is the French scorzonère ("viper’s grass").[3]
Some Scorzonera species contain lactones, including members of the guaianolide class of sesquiterpene lactones.[11] Flavonoids found in Scorzonera include apigenin, kaempferol, luteolin, and quercetin.[12] Other secondary metabolites reported from the genus include caffeoylquinic acids, coumarins, lignans, stilbenoids, and triterpenoids.[13] One unique class of stilbenoid derivative was first isolated from Scorzonera humilis. They were named the tyrolobibenzyls after Tyrol in the eastern Alps, where the plant was collected.[14]
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Scorzonera humilis Scorzonera is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.
They are distributed in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Its center of diversity is in the Mediterranean. Well-known species include the edible black salsify (Scorzonera hispanica). Scorzonera tau-saghyz is a source of natural rubber.
Scorzonera is recorded as a food plant for the larva of the Nutmeg, a species of moth.
