Carthamus tenuis

Taxonavigation

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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: Centaureinae
Genus: Carthamus
Species: Carthamus tenuis
Subspecies: C. t. subsp. foliosus – C. t. subsp. gracillimus – C. t. subsp. tenuis

Name

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Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Bornm., Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 605. 1898.

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Kentrophyllum tenue Boiss. & C.I.Blanche, Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 3: 50. Nov–Dec 1856.
  • Homotypic
    • Carthamus glaucus var. tenuis (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Boiss., Fl. Or. 3: 707. 1875.

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Cyprus (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus), Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (coastal W-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains)), Palestine (Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Judean Desert), Jordan (S-Jordan, W-Jordan)), Sinai (N-Sinai), Turkey (SSW-Anatolia)
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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