Lophiolepis caput-medusae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Lophiolepis caput-medusae (Sommier & Levier) Del Guacchio, Iamonico & P.Caputo, Pl. Biosystems 156: 1278 (2022).

Basionym
- Cirsium caput-medusae Sommier & Levier, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 2: 10 (1895).

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Del Guacchio, E., Bureš, P., Iamonico, D., Carucci, F., De Luca, D., Zedek, F. & Caputo, P. 2022. Towards a monophyletic classification of Cardueae: restoration of the genus Lophiolepis (= Cirsium p.p.) and new circumscription of Epitrachys. Plant Biosystems 156(5): 1269–1290. DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2022.2131924 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lophiolepis caput-medusae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Lophiolepis caput-medusae. Published online. Accessed: October 7 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Lophiolepis caput-medusae. Accessed: 7 October 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Lophiolepis caput-medusae. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 7. Reference page.