Echinops giganteus

Echinops giganteus

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: Echinopsinae
Genus: Echinops
Species: Echinops giganteus

Name

Echinops giganteus A.Rich., 1848

Synonyms

• Echinops bequaerti De Willd.
• Echinops brevisetus S. Moore
• Echinops francinianus Pichi-Sermolli
• Echinops kulsii Cufod.
• Echinops negrii Chiov.
• Echinops nistrii Pichi-Sermolli
• Echinops ochroleucus Mattf.
• Echinops seretii De Wild.
• Echinops seretii var. setifer Mattf.
• Echinops velutinus O. Hoffm.
• Sphaerocephalus giganteus (A. Rich.) Kuntze

Homonyms

• Echinops giganteus hort. ex DC. = Echinops sphaerocephalus subsp. sphaerocephalus

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Ethiopia, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Richard, A., Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae . . . 1: 449. 1848.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Echinops giganteus. 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 May 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Echinops giganteus. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Echinops giganteus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 17.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Echinops giganteus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 May 2018.

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