Notobasis is a genus in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, from Madeira, the Canary Islands, Morocco and Portugal east to Egypt, Iran and Azerbaijan.Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 35: 170-171 in FrenchTropicos, Notobasis Cass.Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Notobasis
Species Notobasis obovallata (M.Bieb. ex Willd.) - CaucasusCatalogue of Life 2010 Annual Checklist Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass. - Mediterranean
References
Flora Europaea: Notobasis