Asteraceae

Onopordum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 827 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Canary Islands, N. Africa to Arabian Peninsula, Europe to SW. Siberia and W. Himalaya.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Kansas, Kentucky, Krasnoyarsk, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • Bremer, Asteraceae: Cladistics & Classification: 146 (1994)
  • C. C. Townsend (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • Eig, A. (1942). Revision of the Onopordon species of Palestine, Syria and adjacent countries. Pal. Bot., Jerusalem Series 2: 185–199.
  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 359 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 827 (1753)
  • Susanna & Garcia-Jacas in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 134 [2006] (2007)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Bourgeau, E. [149] Türkiye K000778306 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Duval [s.n.] Algeria K000418611 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Cosson, M.M.E.; Doumel-adanson; Leburneux, A.; Reboud, V.; Barratte, Bonner,, E. [s.n.] Tunisia K000418603 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Cosson, M.M.E.; Doumel-adanson; Leburneux, A.; Reboud, V.; Barratte, Bonner,, E. [s.n.] Tunisia K000418605 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Cosson, M.M.E.; Doumel-adanson; Leburneux, A.; Reboud, V.; Barratte, Bonner,, E. [s.n.] Tunisia K000418604 Isosyntype Yes
E. W. [= Emmeline W.?] Kennedy [965] Cyprus K002007892 No
E. W. [= Emmeline W.?] Kennedy [965] Cyprus K002007888 No
E. W. [= Emmeline W.?] Kennedy [965] Cyprus K002007889 No
E. W. [= Emmeline W.?] Kennedy [965] Cyprus K002007891 No
E. W. [= Emmeline W.?] Kennedy [965] Cyprus K002007890 No

Sources

  • 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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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