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

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

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)

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, 2^nd Edition

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.

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.

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