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June 2025

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Cirsium spinosissimum (L.) Scop.

This species name was first published in Fl. Carniol. 2: 129 (1772)  

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-0000027702.

Synonyms of Cirsium spinosissimum (L.) Scop.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cirsium caput-medusae Schur ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 408 (1879) wfo-0000000001
Carduus comosus Lam. Encycl. 1: 703 (1785) wfo-0000002340
Carduus spinosissimus Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3(1): 11 (1788) wfo-0000007249
Cirsium controversum DC. Prodr. 6: 654 (1838) wfo-0000007619
Cnicus spinosissimus L. Sp. Pl. : 826 (1753) wfo-0000015171
Cnicus purpureus Bertol. Fl. Ital. ix. 21 wfo-0000043341
Cirsium purpureum All. Fl. Pedem. i. 150 (1785) wfo-0000044043
Cirsium cervini W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1(2): 399 (1837) wfo-0000065536
Cirsium hallerianum Gaudin Fl. Helv. v. 188 wfo-0000068006
Cirsium spitzelii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 408 (1879) wfo-0000068392
Carthamus involucratus Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 12 (1779) wfo-0000118289

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link