Asteraceae
Echinops

Echinops spinosissimus Turra

First published in Farsetia: 13 (1765)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to W. Iran and Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Western Sahara, Yemen

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • Meikle, Fl. Cyprus 2: 939 (1985)
  • Turra in Farsetia Nov. Pl. Gen.: 13 (1765)

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Farset. Nov. Gen. 13 (1765).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Bornmuller, J.F.N [1480] Türkiye K000768902 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Heldreich, T.H.H.von. [s.n.] Greece K000768879 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bornmuller, J.F.N [1480] Türkiye K000768903 Type Yes
Nader, I.A. [311] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-29047.354 No

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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