Asteraceae
Echinops
Echinops spinosissimus

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bithynicus (Boiss.) Greuter

First published in Willdenowia 33: 58 (2003)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Greece to Iran. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kriti, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Balls, E.K. [H. 1848] K002006170 No
McNeill [381] Türkiye K002006177 No
Albury; Cheese; Watson [1826] Türkiye K002006172 No
Thulin, M.; Al-Gifri, A.N. [9974] United Arab Emirates K002006179 No
Davis, P.H.; Hedge, I. [D. 32783] Türkiye K002006176 No
Albury; Cheese; Watson [1826] Türkiye K002006171 No
Brown, E.S. [606] Türkiye K002006173 No
Tobey [821] Türkiye K002006175 No
Davis [47743] Türkiye K002006174 No
Balls, E.K. [H. 1848] K002006169 No

Sources

  • 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