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June 2025

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Cynara cardunculus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 827 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000013358.

Synonyms of Cynara cardunculus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cynara horrida Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 148 (1789) wfo-0000034353
Cynara cardunculus var. elata Cavara wfo-0000056245
Cynara cardunculus var. cardunculus wfo-0000056967
Cynara ferox Ten. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 462 (1840) wfo-0000078397
Cnicus communis Lam. Fl. Franç. (Lamarck) 2: 15. 1779 [1778 publ. after 21 Mar 1779] wfo-0000091950
Cynara cardunculus var. altilis DC. Prodr. 6: 620 (1838) wfo-0000102047
Cynara cardunculus var. sylvestris (Lam.) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 2: 755 (1927) wfo-0000108482
Cynara cardunculus var. inermis DC. wfo-0000108844
Cynara corsica Viv. Fl. Libyc. Spec. : 68 (1824) wfo-0000113124
Cynara cardunculus var. ferocissima Lowe Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 498 (1868) wfo-0000113205
Cynara hortensis Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 2 (1768) wfo-0000118577
Carduus cardunculus (L.) Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 1145 (1884) wfo-0000119997
Carduus scolymus (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 7 (1882) wfo-0000125776
Cynara cardunculus subsp. cardunculus wfo-0000129690
Cynara sylvestris Lam. Encycl. 1: 277 (1783) wfo-0000135246
Carduus cynara E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 14: 61 (1906) wfo-0000138597

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link