Scolymus maculatus

Taxonavigation

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

Scolymus maculatus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 813 (1753).

Heterotypic
- Scolymus annuus Gerard ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 753 (1821)
- Scolymus clusii Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 117 (1899).
- Scolymus gymnospermus Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 355 (1791).
- Scolymus paniculatus Ucria, Nuova Racc. Opusc. Aut. Sicil. 6: 255 (1793).
- Scolymus pectinatus Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 87 (1825).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares (Mallorca, Menorca), France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta), Turkey-in-Europe.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia (all doubtfully native)
  - Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Gomera, La Palma, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote), Madeira (Madeira, Porto Santo).
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel), Turkey.
Continental: Australasia (all introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Queensland.
Continental: Northern America (all introduced)
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - North Carolina.

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 813. Reference page.
Vázquez, F.M. 2000. The genus Scolymus Tourn. ex L. (Asteraceae): taxonomy and distribution. Anales del Jardin Botánico de Madrid 58(1): 83–100. PDF Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2019. Scolymus maculatus. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Scolymus maculatus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 31 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Scolymus maculatus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31.
Tropicos.org 2019. Scolymus maculatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Mar. 2019.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Scolymus maculatus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Scolymus maculatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 21. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Scolymus maculatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Deutsch: Gefleckte Golddistel
English: Spotted Golden Thistle
español: Cardo de leche

For more multimedia, look at Scolymus maculatus on Wikimedia Commons.