33. Cichorium L. (chicory)
(Kiers-van der
Steen, 2000)
About 6 species,
Europe, Asia, Africa, introduced widely in the New World.
The other
commercially important member of the genus is C. endivia L., endive,
which is cultivated as a salad vegetable and also was a popular plant for
physiological and developmental research in the past (Vuilleumier, 1973).