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Asteraceae

Cirsium

Cirsium japonicum DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 640 (1838)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is China to Japan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Accepted Infraspecifics
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Other data

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Qinghai, Taiwan, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Poland

Homotypic Synonyms

Carduus eriophorus Thunb. in Fl. Jap.: 305 (1784), nom. illeg., later homonym
Carduus japonicus (DC.) Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 6: 571 (1883)
Cnicus japonicus (DC.) Maxim. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 19: 503 (1874)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Belyaeva, I. & Govaerts, R. in Belyaeva I. & Govaerts, R. (2011). Personal communication. Personal Communication (Medicinal Plant Checklist) 1.
GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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 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 2023. 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
- Copyright applied to individual images