Cirsium spinosissimum

Cirsium spinosissimum

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 spinosissimum

Name

Cirsium spinosissimum (L.) Scop., Annus Hist.-Nat. 2: 62 (1769).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cnicus spinosissimus L., Sp. Pl.: 826 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Cirsium spinosissimum (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 129 (1771), comb. superfl.
  • Carduus spinosissimus (L.) Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3(1): 11 (1788).
• Heterotypic
  • Carduus comosus Lam., Encycl. 1: 703 (1785).
  • Carduus glaber Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 152 (1821).
  • Carthamus involucratus Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 12 (1779).
  • Cirsium caput-medusae Schur ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 408 (1879).
  • Cirsium spitzelii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 408 (1879).
  • Cirsium purpureum All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 150 (1785).
    • Cnicus purpureus (All.) Bertol., Fl. Ital. 9: 21.
  • Cirsium cervini W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. 1: 399 (1837).
  • Cirsium controversum DC., Prodr. 6: 654 (1838).
  • Cirsium hallerianum Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 5: 188 (1829).
  • Cirsium spitzelii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 408 (1879)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Germany, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Yugoslavia (Slovenia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scopoli, J.A. 1769. Annus II. Historico-naturalis. I. Iter Goriziense. II. Iter Tyrolense. III. De Cucurbita Pepone observationes. IV. Lichenis Islandici Vires medicae. Lipsiae [Leipzig], Chr. G. Hilscher, 2: 118 p. BHL Online. PDF download. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cirsium spinosissimum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cirsium spinosissimum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cirsium spinosissimum. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cirsium spinosissimum. Accessed: 26 Nov 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cirsium spinosissimum. 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 Nov 26. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alpen-Kratzdistel
English: spiniest thistle
italiano: cardo spinosissimo

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