Carthamus caeruleus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Centaureinae
Genus: Carthamus
Species: Carthamus caeruleus

Name[edit]

Carthamus caeruleus L., Sp. Pl.: 830 (1753).

Synonyms[edit]

Homotypic
- Onobroma caeruleum (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 380 (1791).
- Carduncellus caeruleus (L.) C.Presl, Fl. Sicul. 1: XXX (1826).
- Kentrophyllum coeruleum (L.) Gren. & Godr., Fl. France Corse 2: 264 (1850).
- Lamottea caerulea (L.) Pomel, Mat. Fl. Atl.: 4 (1860).
- Carthamodes coeruleum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Carthamus tingitanus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1163 (1763).
  - Centaurea tingitana L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1300 (1763).
  - Onobroma tingitana (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 216 (1826).
  - Carduncellus tingitanus (L.) DC. ex Duby, Bot. Gall., pars prima: 281 (1828).
  - Kentrophyllum tingitanum (L.) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli, Comp. Fl. Italiana 2: 499 (1878).
  - Carthamus caeruleus var. tingitanus (L.) Ball, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 532 (1878).
  - Carduncellus caeruleus subsp. tingitanus (L.) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart., Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 25: 189 (1969).
- Carthamus carolinensis Buc'hoz, Herb. Color. Amérique: t. 17 (1783).
- Onobroma caeruleum var. pinnatifidum Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 2: 208 (1824).
- Carduncellus caeruleus var. dentatus DC., Prodr. 6: 615 (1838).
  - Carthamus caeruleus var. dentatus (DC.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 9: 178 (1905).
- Carduncellus caeruleus var. incisus DC., Prodr. 6: 615 (1838).
  - Carthamus caeruleus var. incisus (DC.) Sch.Bip. in P.B.Webb & S.Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 2(3): 368 (1846).
- Carduncellus tingitanus var. corymbosus Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 431 (1844).
- Carduncellus multifidus Coss., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 4: 487 (1857).
- Carduncellus caeruleus var. launaeifolia Rivas Goday & Esteve, Anales Real Acad. Farm. 38: 447 (1972), without latin descr.

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote), Madeira (Madeira, Porto Santo).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 830. Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Carthamus caeruleus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan 24. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Carthamus caeruleus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jan 2024.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Carthamus caeruleus. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jan 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Carthamus caeruleus. Accessed: 24 Jan 2024.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Carthamus caeruleus. Accessed: 2024 Jan 24.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Carthamus caeruleus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan 24.

Vernacular names[edit]

Deutsch: Blaue Färberdistel
español: Azafran salvaje

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