Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. marmoratus (Boiss. & Heldr.) P.H.Davis

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 429 (1975)
This name is a synonym of Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. arabicus

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising 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. [Cited as Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. arabicus.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. marmoratus.]
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2023-continuously updated). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://www.europlusmed.org/. [Cited as Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. marmoratus.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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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