; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 62 (1775)
Distribution: Mediterranean, SE-Europe (1), Northern Caucasus, W-Siberia, Middle Asia, tropical Africa, SW-Asia from Arabian Peninsula to Himalayas, China, Mongolia
= Arnebiola Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 227 (1929)
= Dioclea Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 502 (1824), nom. illeg.
= Echioides Ortega; Tab. Bot.: 7 (1773), nom. illeg.
= Leptanthe Klotzsch; Bot. Ergeb. Waldem. Reise, 95. t. 63 (1862)
= Macrotomia DC.; Meisn. Gen. 281, Comm. 190 (1840), Prod. 10: 26 (1846)
= Meneghinia Endl.; Gen. Pl.: 648 (1839), nom. superfl.
= Munbya Boiss.; Diagn. Ser. I. 11: 114 (1849)
= Strobila G.Don; Gen. Syst. 4: 327 (1837)
= Tetaris Lindl.; F. R. Chesney, Narr. Euphrates Exped.: 443 (1868)
= Toxostigma A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 86. t. 77 (1850)
= Ulugbekia Zakirov; Fl. Uzbekist. 5: 244, 632 (1961)