Chamaeleon comosus

Chamaeleon comosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Carlininae
Genus: Chamaeleon
Species: Chamaeleon comosus

Name

Chamaeleon comosus (Spreng.) Greuter, OPTIMA Newslett. 31: 4 (1997).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acarna comosa Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 380 (1826).
• Homotypic
  • Atractylis comosa (Spreng.) DC., Prodr. 6: 550 (1838).
  • Atractylodes comosa (Spreng.) D.P.Petit, Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Lett. Bot. 134: 179 (1987).
  • Carlina comosa (Spreng.) Greuter, Willdenowia 33(1): 52 (2003).
• Heterotypic
  • Atractylis speciosa DC., Prodr. 6: 549 (1838).
  • Chamaeleon speciosus (DC.) Dittrich, Boissiera 51: 74 (1996).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (W-Syrian Mountains)), Palestine (Israel (N-Israel)) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Greuter, W. 1997. OPTIMA Newsletter 31: 4.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Chamaeleon comosus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Chamaeleon comosus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 02 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chamaeleon comosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 02. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Chamaeleon comosus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 02. as Carlina comosa

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