Asteraceae

Cynara L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 827 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, California, Colombia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Ireland, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Krym, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Netherlands, New South Wales, Pakistan, Panamá, Queensland, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, South Australia, South European Russi, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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 2022 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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0