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Asteraceae

Onopordum

Onopordum acaulon L.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1159 (1763)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is W. Medit.

Taxonomy

Distribution
Synonyms
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Other data

Native to:

Algeria, France, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia

Introduced into:

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Heterotypic Synonyms

Onopordum acaule Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1688 (1803), orth. var.
Onopordum acaulon var. genuinum Rouy in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 583 (1896), not validly publ.
Onopordum acaulon f. monocephala Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2: 179 (1865)
Onopordum acaulon var. pyrenaicum (DC.) Rouy in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 583 (1896)
Onopordum acaulon var. uniflorum (Cav.) Pau in Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 16: 144 (1916)
Onopordum acaulon f. uniflorum (Cav.) Rouy in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 583 (1896)
Onopordum acaulon subsp. uniflorum (Cav.) Franco in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71: 45 (1975)
Onopordum pyrenaicum DC. in Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 129 (1813)
Onopordum uniflorum Cav. in Icon. 1: 60 (1791)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

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