Asteraceae
Carduus
Carduus pycnocephalus

Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. breviphyllarius P.H.Davis

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 412 (1975)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Corse to Afghanistan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Corse, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye

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:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. cinereus.]

Flora of Iraq

  • P.H.Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 412 (1975).

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:

Sources

  • 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

    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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