Cirsium scariosum

Cirsium scariosum

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: Carduinae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: Cirsium scariosum
Varietas: C. s. var. citrinum – C. s. var. robustum – C. s. var. scariosum – C. s. var. thorneae – C. s. var. toiyabense

Name

Cirsium scariosum (Poir.) Nutt., 1841

Synonyms

• Carduus butleri Rydb.
• Carduus lacerus Rydb.
• Carduus magnificus A. Nels.
• Carduus scariosus (Nutt.) A. A. Heller
• Cirsium butleri Rydb.
• Cirsium foliosum var. minganense (Victorin) Boivin
• Cirsium hookerianum var. scariosum (Nutt.) B. Boivin
• Cirsium lacerum (Rydb.) Rydb.
• Cirsium magnificum (A. Nels.) Rydb.
• Cirsium minganense Victorin
• Cnicus scariosus (Nutt.) A. Gray

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Northern America Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec), USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. 
• Keil, D.J. 2004. New taxa and new combinations in North American Cirsium (Asteraceae: Cardueae). SIDA, Contributions to Botany 21(1): 207–219. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Cirsium scariosum. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Cirsium scariosum. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 24 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Cirsium scariosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Cirsium scariosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Apr. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Meadow thistle, elk thistle

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