Asteraceae
Carduus
Carduus pycnocephalus

Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. arabicus (Jacq. ex Murray) Nyman

First published in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 414 (1879)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is SE. Europe to Central Asia and N. Pakistan, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, East Aegean Is., Greece, Gulf States, Iraq, Italy, Oman, Pakistan, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe

Introduced into:

Morocco

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic 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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Ali, S.I. & Qaiser, M. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Pakistan 223: 1-363. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi. [Cited as Carduus arabicus.]
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad. [Cited as Siebera nana.]

Flora of Iraq

  • Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 414 (1879).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2025). https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2025.2506559. epublication.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chakravarty; Rawi; Khatib; Alizzi [31920] Iraq K002008280 No
s.coll. [42104] Iraq K002008294 No
Omar, S.; Al-Kaisi; Hamad, K.; Hamid [44404] Iraq K002008290 No
Khatib; Alizzi [31667] Iraq K002008291 No
Omar, S.; Al-Kaisi; Hamad, K.; Hamid, H. [45060] Iraq K002008289 No
Karim, F.; Noori, M.; Hamid, H.; Kadhim, H. [40351] Iraq K002008296 No
Rawi; Nuri; Kasa [28289] Iraq K002008284 No
Omar, S.; Al-Kaisi; Hamad, K.; Hamid, H. [44574] Iraq K002008288 No
Collenette, I.S. [2493] Saudi Arabia K002008305 No
Collenette, I.S. [6179] Saudi Arabia K002008306 No
Rawi, A. [20940] Iraq K002008287 No
Rawi; Hamada [33645] Iraq K002008283 No
Rawi, A. [14743] Iraq K002008292 No
Haddad, S.Y.; Barkley, F.A. [7869] Iraq K002008282 No
Rawi; Gillett [6479] Iraq K002008293 No
al Rawi, A.; Nuri [27128] Iraq K002008286 No
Guest, E.R.; Rawi; Long, E. [14160] Iraq K002008295 No
Rawi; Gillett [6814] Iraq K002008279 No
Barkley, F.A.; Palmatier, E. [1071] Iraq K002008278 No
Chakravarty; Rawi; Khatib; Alizzi [31936] Iraq K002008281 No
Omar, S.; Al-Kaisi; Hamad, K.; Hamid, H. [45156] Iraq K002008285 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008297 No
[Dgibel Rasini] [893] Syria Carduus arabicus K002008313 No
Dinsmore, J.E. [B.10496] Syria Carduus arabicus K002008312 No
Dinsmore, J.E. [16496] Syria Carduus arabicus K002008314 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Carduus arabicus K002008310 No
Drake; Katrina, J. [33] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008308 No
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [G 496] Carduus arabicus K002008299 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Carduus arabicus K002018599 No
Davis, P.H. [9085] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008317 No
Gay, J. [413] Carduus arabicus K002008307 No
Collenette, I.S. [1141] Saudi Arabia Carduus arabicus K002008304 No
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1669] Armenia Carduus arabicus K000297335 No
Aucher-Éloy, P.M.R. [3520] Carduus arabicus K002008309 No
Townsend, C.C. [65/82] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008300 No
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [G 596] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008298 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Carduus arabicus K002008311 No
Davis, P.H. [9361] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008316 No
Dinsmore, J.E. [10496] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008318 No
Davis, P.H. [8755] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008315 No
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [4496] Jordan Carduus arabicus K002008301 No
Hill, A.W.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Turrill, W.B. [2560] Greece Carduus australis K002036917 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece Carduus australis K002036913 No
Tedd, H.G. [1566] North Macedonia Carduus australis K002036918 No
Hill, A.W.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Turrill, W.B. [2560] Greece Carduus australis K002036916 No
Zahn, H. [1446] Greece Carduus australis K002036915 No
Heldreich, T.H.H.von. [s.n.] Carduus australis K000778008 Type Yes
Gouan [s.n.] Greece Carduus australis K002036914 No
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1300] Albania Carduus marmoratus K002036912 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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/
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