Asteraceae
Carthamus

Carthamus dentatus Vahl

First published in Symb. Bot. 1: 69 (1790)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Balkan Peninsula to NW. Iraq. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iraq, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe

Introduced into:

New South Wales, Victoria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • Blakelock in Kew Bull. 4: 45 (1945)
  • Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 708 (1875)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 121 (1933)
  • Hanelt in Feddes Repert. 67: 92 (1963)
  • Kupicha in Fl. Turkey 5: 592 (1975)
  • Meikle, Fl. Cyprus 2: 979 (1985).
  • Rawi in Dep. Agr. Iraq Tech. Bull. 14: 108 (1964)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 139B: 435 (1980)
  • Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 69, t. 17 (1790)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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