Cousinia prolifera

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Arctiinae
Genus: Cousinia
Species: Cousinia prolifera

Name

Cousinia prolifera Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 2(14-16): 74, t. 157. (1845)

• Type: Iran: "In Persia legit Aucher-Eloy" no. 4801. P.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Arctium proliferum (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 367 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Arctium minutum (Boiss.) Kuntze, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 197 (1887)
  • Cousinia aralensis Bunge, Beitr. Fl. Russl.: 178 (1852)
  • Cousinia calcitrapiformis Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 2(14-16): 76 (1845)
  • Cousinia minuta Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 117 (1846)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jaubert, H.F. & Spach, E. 1844–1846. Illustrationes Plantarum Orientalium. Vol. 2. 123 pp, pl. 101–200. Parisiis: apud Roret Bibliopolam. Hathitrust Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cousinia prolifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cousinia prolifera. Published online. Accessed: 11. Dec. 2025. Reference page.