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For long time in scientific botany the genus Gundelia (Compositae) was treated with only one polymorphic species Gundelia tournefortii L. When finding new populations in Armenia it was realized, that several species are hidden in the variety. At the moment 15 species are accepted as distinct taxa. The genus can be found from Turkey eastwards to Afghanistan, southwards to Israel and Iraq. The centre of diversity is in Eastern Turkey.