Scolymus grandiflorus

Scolymus grandiflorus

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: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Scolyminae
Genus: Scolymus
Species: Scolymus grandiflorus

Name

Scolymus grandiflorus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 240. 1799.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Myscolus grandiflorus (Desf.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 4: 1333. 1847.
  • Scolymus hispanicus subsp. grandiflorus (Desf.) Rouy, Rouy Fl. Fr. 10: 51. 1908.
  • Scolymus hispanicus subsp. grandiflorus (Desf.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 1027. 1940, comb. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Myscolus megacephalus Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 34: 84. 1825.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares (Mallorca, Menorca), Corse (naturalized), France, Sardegna, Spain (doubfully present). Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Greece, Kriti (both doubtfully present as alien), Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe (doubtfully native) Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (Tenerife, doubtfully native; El Hierro, doubfully present) Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands (Rhodos; introduced), Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, doubtfully native). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Desfontaines, R.L. 1798–1799. Flora Atlantica: sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus secundus. 458 pp., pl. 121–261, Paris, Panckoucke. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Matthews, V.A. 1975. Scolymus. Pp. 624–625 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 5 (Compositae). 890 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-280-8. 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. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Scolymus grandiflorus. 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 Apr. 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Scolymus grandiflorus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 01 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Scolymus grandiflorus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 01.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Scolymus grandiflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Apr. 2019.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Scolymus grandiflorus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 07.
• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Scolymus grandiflorus. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 07.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Großblütige Golddistel
English: Large-flowered Golden Thistle
español: Cardillo, Escolimo

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