Asteraceae
Carthamus

Carthamus lanatus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 830 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe to Medit. and Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Arizona, Brazil South, California, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Juan Fernández Is., Massachusetts, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oregon, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Balansa, B. [568], Algeria K000252287 Yes
Schimper, M.W. [158], Ethiopia K000252288 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [19098], France K000809295 No
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [1152], Greece K000772834 Yes
Banclay, C. [3271], Greece K000809296 No
Riedle, A. [s.n.], Canary Is. K001091211 No
Murray, R.P. [s.n.], Canary Is. K001091205 No
Brummitt, R.K. [18712], France K000809294 No
Sprague, T.A. [158], Canary Is. K001091208 No
Sprague, T.A. [38], Canary Is. K001091209 No
Webb, P.B. [s.n.], Canary Is. K001091214 No
Mann G. [2485], Canary Is. K001091212 No
Murray, R.P. [s.n.], Canary Is. K001091206 No
Dinn, T.J. [244], Canary Is. K001091213 No
Sprague, T.A. [429], Canary Is. K001091207 No
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [1152], Greece K000772833 Yes
Banclay, C. [3207], Greece K000809297 No
Bourgeau, E. [248], Canary Is. K001091210 No

Sources

  • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images