Echinops echinatus

Echinops echinatus

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: Echinopsinae
Genus: Echinops
Species: Echinops echinatus

Name

Echinops echinatus Roxb., 1832

Synonyms

• Echinops spinosus Herb. Madr. ex Wall.
• Serratula indica Russ. ex Wall.
• Sphaerocephalus echinatus (Roxb.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asie Jammu & Kashmir, India (widespread, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra), Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Kurram, Pakistani Punjab, etc.), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur, Hunza, Baltistan), Burma (widespread) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Roxburgh, W., Flora Indica or Descriptions of Indian plants. Vol 2 3: 447. 1832.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Echinops echinatus. 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 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Echinops echinatus. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Echinops echinatus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 17.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Echinops echinatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 May 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinops echinatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Indian globe thistle

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