Asteraceae
Carduus

Carduus argentatus L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 2: 280 (1771)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit., Pakistan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ali, S.I. & Qaiser, M. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Pakistan 223: 1-363. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • 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

  • Anthony in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 291 (1935)
  • Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 522 (1875)
  • Boulos & Hind in Fl. Egypt. 3: 149 (2002).
  • Davis in Fl. Turkey 5: 432 (1975)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, ed. 2, 2: 88 (1933)
  • Feinbrun-Dothan, Fl. Palaest. 3: 376 (1978)
  • Franco in Fl. Europ. 4: 230 (1976)
  • Kazmi in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml München 5: 453 (1964)
  • L., Mant. Alt.: 280 (1771)
  • Rawi in Dep. Agr. Iraq Tech. Bull. 14: 107 (1964)
  • Täckholm, Stud. Fl. Egypt ed. 2: 534 (1974)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ali, S.I. & Qaiser, M. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Pakistan 223: 1-363. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

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

    • 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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