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Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 814 (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-0000076972.

Synonyms of Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Echinops viscosus Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 856. 1832 wfo-0000006921
Echinops dagestanicus Iljin Fl. Kavkaza 4: 157 (1934) wfo-0000014865
Echinops macedonicus Formánek Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn xxxii. (1894) 166. wfo-0000028955
Echinops altaicus hort. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 524 (1838) wfo-0000034752
Echinops paniculatus J.Jacq. Ecl. Pl. Rar. i. t. 9 wfo-0000037492
Echinops cirsiifolius K.Koch Linnaea 24: 379 (1851) wfo-0000041232
Echinops sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus wfo-0000055950
Echinops multiflorus Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 2 (1779) wfo-0000067010
Echinops maximus Siev. Neueste Nord. Beytr. Phys. Geogr. Erd- Volkerbeschreib. 7: 323. 1796 wfo-0000077611
Echinops horridus Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 367 (1822) wfo-0000086145
Echinops sphaerocephalus var. koelzii (Rech.f.) Parsa Fl. Iran 10: 76 (1980) wfo-0000092673
Echinops rochelianus var. cirsiifolius K.Koch Linnaea 24: 379 (1851) wfo-0000106857
Echinops villosus hort. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 524 (1838) wfo-0000112143
Echinops maximus Siev. ex Pall. Neueste Nordische Beytrage zur physikalischen und ... 3: 323 1796 wfo-0000113384
Echinops erevanensis Mulk. 43 1950 wfo-0000114424
Echinops cirsiifolius (K.Koch) Grossh. Grossh., Fl. Kavk. 4. 1934. 157 1934 wfo-0000119547
Echinops major St.-Lag. Étude Fl., ed. 8 [A. Cariot] 2: 412. 1889 wfo-0000120822

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link