Cousinia és un gènere de plantes angiospermes de la família de les asteràcies (Asteraceae). Són plantes natives del Caucas, l'est de la Rússia europea, Àsia occdiental, meridional i central, i l'oest de la Xina i de Mongòlia.
Descripció Són plantes herbàcies espinoses biennals o perennes. Les fulles poden ser enteres, pinnatífides o pinnatipartides, de vegades coriàcies. Les flors es troben agrupades en capítols que poden ser solitaris o formar agrupacions racemoses, paniculades o corimboses. L'involucre és d'esfèric a cilíndric amb bràctees imbricades amb una espina a l'àpex. Les flors són hermafrodites, tubulars i acostumen a ser de color rosa, porpra o groc. El fruit és un aqueni habitualment amb papus.
Taxonomia Aquest gènere va ser publicat per primer cop l'any 1827 al 47è volum de la segona edició del Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles pel botànic francès Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781-1832).
Espècies Dins del gènere Cousinia es reconeixen les 670 espècies següents:
Cousinia abbreviata Cousinia acanthoblephara Cousinia acanthodendron Cousinia acanthostephana Cousinia acrodroma Cousinia actinacantha Cousinia actinia Cousinia adenophora Cousinia adenosticta Cousinia adnata Cousinia affinis Cousinia afghanica Cousinia agelocephala Cousinia aggregata Cousinia agridaghensis Cousinia aintabensis Cousinia aitchisonii Cousinia alaica Cousinia alata Cousinia albertoregelia Cousinia albescens Cousinia albida Cousinia albiflora Cousinia alepideae Cousinia aleppica Cousinia alexeenkoana Cousinia alfredii Cousinia algurdina Cousinia aligudarzensis Cousinia allolepis Cousinia alpina Cousinia ambigens Cousinia amicorum Cousinia ammophila Cousinia amoena Cousinia andarabensis Cousinia androssowii Cousinia angrenii Cousinia angusticeps Cousinia annua Cousinia anoplophylla Cousinia antonowi Cousinia apiculata Cousinia aptera Cousinia arachnoidea Cousinia arakensis Cousinia araneosa Cousinia araneotexta Cousinia araxena Cousinia archibaldii Cousinia arctotidifolia Cousinia ardalensis Cousinia arenaria Cousinia argentea Cousinia ariana Cousinia arida Cousinia armena Cousinia aspera Cousinia assadii Cousinia assyriaca Cousinia astracanica Cousinia atrobracteata Cousinia atropatana Cousinia attariae Cousinia aucheri Cousinia auriculata Cousinia austrojordanica Cousinia autranii Cousinia azerbaidjanica Cousinia azmarensis Cousinia baberi Cousinia bachtiarica Cousinia badghysi Cousinia balchanica Cousinia baluchistanica Cousinia bamianica Cousinia baranovii Cousinia barbeyi Cousinia barezica Cousinia batalinii Cousinia bazoftensis Cousinia beauverdiana Cousinia beckeri Cousinia belangeri Cousinia bicolor Cousinia bienerti Cousinia bijarensis Cousinia bipinnata Cousinia birandiana Cousinia blepharobasis Cousinia bobekii Cousinia bobrovii Cousinia boissieri Cousinia bonvaleti Cousinia bornmuelleriana Cousinia botschantzevii Cousinia boyerahmadica Cousinia brachyptera Cousinia brevicaulis Cousinia bucharica Cousinia bungeana Cousinia buphthalmoides Cousinia butkovii Cousinia caesarea Cousinia caespitosa Cousinia calcitrapa Cousinia calcitrapella Cousinia calocephala Cousinia calolepis Cousinia calva Cousinia campylaraphis Cousinia candicans Cousinia candolleana Cousinia canescens Cousinia carduncelloidea Cousinia caroli-henrici Cousinia carthamoides Cousinia cataonica Cousinia catenata Cousinia cavarae Cousinia centauroides Cousinia ceratophora Cousinia chaetocephala Cousinia chamaepeuce Cousinia chejrabadensis Cousinia chionophila Cousinia chitralensis Cousinia chlorocephala Cousinia chlorosphaera Cousinia chlorothyrsa Cousinia chrysacantha Cousinia chrysandra Cousinia chrysantha Cousinia chrysochlora Cousinia cirsioides Cousinia cisdarvasica Cousinia coerulea Cousinia commutata Cousinia concinna Cousinia concolor Cousinia congesta Cousinia consanguinea Cousinia contumax Cousinia cordifolia Cousinia coronata Cousinia corymbosa Cousinia crassipes Cousinia crispa Cousinia cryptadena Cousinia curvibracteata Cousinia cylindracea Cousinia cylindrocephala Cousinia cynaroides Cousinia czatkalica Cousinia czerniakowskae Cousinia dalahuensis Cousinia daralaghezica Cousinia darwasica Cousinia dasylepis Cousinia davisiana Cousinia dayi Cousinia decipiens Cousinia decolorans Cousinia decumbens Cousinia decurrens Cousinia decurrentifolia Cousinia deluensis Cousinia denaensis Cousinia deserti Cousinia dichotoma Cousinia dichromata Cousinia diezii Cousinia dimoana Cousinia dipterocarpa Cousinia discolor Cousinia dissecta Cousinia dissectifolia Cousinia divaricata Cousinia dolichoclada Cousinia dolicholepis Cousinia dshisakensis Cousinia dubia Cousinia eburnea Cousinia ecbatanensis Cousinia echinocephala Cousinia edmondsonii Cousinia egens Cousinia elburzensis Cousinia eleonorae Cousinia elephantina Cousinia elwendensis Cousinia elymaitica Cousinia erectispina Cousinia erinacea Cousinia eriobasis Cousinia eriophylla Cousinia eriorrhiza Cousinia eriotricha Cousinia erivanensis Cousinia ermenekensis Cousinia eryngioides Cousinia esfandiarii Cousinia euchlora Cousinia eugenii Cousinia euphratica Cousinia eurylepis Cousinia fabrorum Cousinia falcinella Cousinia falconeri Cousinia fallax Cousinia farimanensis Cousinia farsistanica Cousinia fascicularis Cousinia fedorovii Cousinia ferghanensis Cousinia ferruginea Cousinia fetissowi Cousinia finitima Cousinia firuzkuhensis Cousinia foliosa Cousinia fragilis Cousinia fragillima Cousinia franchetii Cousinia fraternella Cousinia freitagii Cousinia freynii Cousinia fursei Cousinia gabrielae Cousinia gaharensis Cousinia gatchsaranica Cousinia gaubae Cousinia gedrosiaca Cousinia ghahremanii Cousinia ghorana Cousinia gigantolepis Cousinia gigantoptera Cousinia gilanica Cousinia gilliatii Cousinia ginuae Cousinia glabriseta Cousinia glandulosa Cousinia glaphyra Cousinia glaphyrocephala Cousinia glaucopsis Cousinia glochidiata Cousinia gmelinii Cousinia gnezdilloi Cousinia golestanica Cousinia gomolitzkii Cousinia gontscharowii Cousinia gracilis Cousinia graminifolia Cousinia grandis Cousinia grantii Cousinia greuteri Cousinia griffithiana Cousinia grigoriewii Cousinia grisea Cousinia gulczensis Cousinia gymnoclada Cousinia hablitzii Cousinia haeckeliae Cousinia hakkarica Cousinia halysensis Cousinia hamadae Cousinia hamadanensis Cousinia hamosa Cousinia harazensis Cousinia hastifolia Cousinia haussknechtii Cousinia hazarensis Cousinia hedgei Cousinia hemsleyana Cousinia hergtiana Cousinia hermonis Cousinia heteroloba Cousinia heterophylla Cousinia hilariae Cousinia hohenackeri Cousinia hololeuca Cousinia hoplites Cousinia hoplophylla Cousinia horrida Cousinia humilis Cousinia hymenostephanus Cousinia hypochionea Cousinia hypoleuca Cousinia hypopolia Cousinia hystricocephala Cousinia iconica Cousinia ilicifolia Cousinia iljinii Cousinia immitans Cousinia immitantiformis Cousinia incompta Cousinia inflata Cousinia infundibularis Cousinia insignis Cousinia integrifolia Cousinia intermedia Cousinia intertexta Cousinia iranshahriana Cousinia iranshahrii Cousinia irritans Cousinia isfahanica Cousinia jacobsii Cousinia jassyensis Cousinia joharchii Cousinia juzepczukii Cousinia kadereitii Cousinia kaluensis Cousinia kandavanensis Cousinia karkasensis Cousinia kasachstanica Cousinia kataghanica Cousinia kazachorum Cousinia keredjensis Cousinia kermanensis Cousinia kermanshahensis Cousinia kerstanii Cousinia khashensis Cousinia khorasanica Cousinia khorramabadensis Cousinia kilouyensis Cousinia kirrindica Cousinia knorringiae Cousinia koelzii Cousinia kokanica Cousinia komaroffii Cousinia komidjanensis Cousinia kopi-karadaghensis Cousinia kornhuberi Cousinia korowiakowi Cousinia kotschyi Cousinia kovalevskiana Cousinia krauseana Cousinia kuekenthalii Cousinia kuramensis Cousinia kurdistanica Cousinia lachnobasis Cousinia lachnopoda Cousinia lachnosphaera Cousinia lactiflora Cousinia laetevirens Cousinia lamakini Cousinia lanata Cousinia lancifolia Cousinia laniceps Cousinia lasiolepis Cousinia lasiophylla Cousinia leiocephala Cousinia lepida Cousinia leptacma Cousinia leptocampyla Cousinia leptocephala Cousinia leptoclada Cousinia leptocladoides Cousinia leptolepis Cousinia leptomera Cousinia leucantha Cousinia libanotica Cousinia lignosissima Cousinia linczewskii Cousinia litwinowiana Cousinia longibracteata Cousinia longifolia Cousinia lordeganensis Cousinia lucida Cousinia lurestanica Cousinia lurorum Cousinia lyrata Cousinia maassoumii Cousinia macrocephala Cousinia macrolepis Cousinia macroptera Cousinia magnifica Cousinia malacophylla Cousinia malurensis Cousinia manucehrii Cousinia maracandica Cousinia margaritae Cousinia margiana Cousinia masulehensis Cousinia mattfeldii Cousinia megalomastix Cousinia meghrica Cousinia mehreganii Cousinia meshhedensis Cousinia microcarpa Cousinia millefontana Cousinia mindshelkensis Cousinia minkwitziae Cousinia minuticapitata Cousinia miserabilis Cousinia moabitica Cousinia mobayenii Cousinia mogensii Cousinia mogoltavica Cousinia mollis Cousinia monocephala Cousinia mozaffarianii Cousinia mozdouranensis Cousinia mucida Cousinia mulgediifolia Cousinia multiloba Cousinia murgabica Cousinia mutehensis Cousinia myrioglochis Cousinia myriolepis Cousinia myriotoma Cousinia nabelekii Cousinia nana Cousinia neglecta Cousinia neubaueri Cousinia newesskyana Cousinia ninae Cousinia niveocoronata Cousinia noeana Cousinia novissima Cousinia nujianensis Cousinia odontolepis Cousinia olgae Cousinia oligocephala Cousinia olivieri Cousinia omissa Cousinia omphalodes Cousinia onopordioides Cousinia onopordon Cousinia oophora Cousinia oopoda Cousinia oreodoxa Cousinia oreoxerophila Cousinia orientalis Cousinia orthacantha Cousinia orthoclada Cousinia ortholepis Cousinia orthoneura Cousinia oshtorankuhensis Cousinia ottonis Cousinia outichaschensis Cousinia ovczinnikovii Cousinia oxiana Cousinia oxytoma Cousinia panjshirensis Cousinia pannosa Cousinia pannosiformis Cousinia papillosa Cousinia parjumanensis Cousinia parsana Cousinia parviceps Cousinia parviziana Cousinia pasargardensis Cousinia patentispina Cousinia pauciramosa Cousinia pectinata Cousinia peduncularis Cousinia pergamacea Cousinia perovskiensis Cousinia persarum Cousinia persica Cousinia perspolitana Cousinia pestalozzae Cousinia phyllocephala Cousinia pichleriana Cousinia pinarocephala Cousinia pineticola Cousinia piptocephala Cousinia platyacantha Cousinia platylepis Cousinia platyptera Cousinia platyraphis Cousinia platystegia Cousinia podlechii Cousinia podophylla Cousinia polycephala Cousinia polyneura Cousinia polytimetica Cousinia porphyrochrysea Cousinia porphyrostephana Cousinia postiana Cousinia praestans Cousinia prasina Cousinia princeps Cousinia prolifera Cousinia proxima Cousinia psammophila Cousinia pseudactinia Cousinia pseudaffinis Cousinia pseudobonvalotii Cousinia pseudocandolleana Cousinia pseudocirsium Cousinia pseudodshizakensis Cousinia pseudolanata Cousinia pseudomollis Cousinia pseudostenolepis Cousinia pterocarpa Cousinia pterocaulos Cousinia pugionifera