Atractylis carduus

Atractylis carduus

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: Carlininae
Genus: Atractylis
Species: Atractylis carduus
Varietates: A. c. var. angustifolia – A. c. var. carduus – A. c. var. glabrescens – A. c. var. latifolia – A. c. var. maritima – A. c. var. marmarica

Name

Atractylis carduus (Forssk.) C.Chr., 1922

Synonyms

• Atractylis citrina Coss. & Kralik
• Atractylis flava Desf.
• Centaurea carduus Forsk.
• Spadactis flava Cass.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, S-Algeria, Sahara Continental: Asia-Temperate Turkey (SSW-Anatolia), Bahrain, Egypt (Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt), Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Israel (C-Israel, coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert, Judean Desert, S-Negev Desert, Negev Desert), Jordan (S-Jordan), Kuwait, Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Dahana, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (NW-Syria), United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Yemen (Aden Desert), Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Pakistan (Baluchistan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Christensen, C.F.A., Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 4(3): 27 (1922).

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atractylis carduus. 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 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Atractylis carduus. Published online. Accessed: May 01 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Atractylis carduus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Atractylis carduus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 May 2018.

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