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Carduus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 820 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000006704.

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Carduus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus americanus var. perplexans A.Nelson New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000106708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus ammophilus Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 2: 187 (1820-1834) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000137869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus amplifolius Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 363 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000021838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus amsteinii Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii.-xxiv. (1880) 106. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000070357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus andersonii Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000060288
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus andrewsii Greene Fl. Francisc. : 478 (1897) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000133675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus angustifolius Lam. Encycl. 1: 703 (1785) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000021025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus argiroa Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 413 (1879) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000094367
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus arizonicus Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000115846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus arvensis var. albiflorus Farw. Asa Gray Bull. 3: 22 (1895) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000110043
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus aschersonianus Ruhmer Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 239 (1881) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000127526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus auriculatus Wall. Numer. List : n.° 2899 (1831) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000023626
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus barrelieri Bertol. Bertol., Fl. Ital. 8. 1853. 621 1853 — wfo-0000055538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus barrelieri Bertol. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 411. 1879 [Oct 1879] — wfo-0000036835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus bihariensis Simonk. Termesz. Fuzetek 5: 51. 1881 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000123262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus bipinnatus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000077104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus borderi Rouy Fl. France 9: 92 (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000119252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus burnatii Genty Cat. Graines Jard. Bot. Dijon 1907 , hybr.; Le Monde des Plantes, 1912, xiv. 26 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000126214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus caflischii Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii-xxiv. (1880) 106. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000137361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus calcareus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000090521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus californicus var. bernardinus Parish Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 241 (1907) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000103509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus camporum Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. , ser. 2, 3: 45 (1856) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000132459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus canaliculatus Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 522 (1867) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000035833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus canovirens Rydb. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 450 (1900) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000016329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus carlinifolius Lam. Encycl. 1: 700 (1785) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000064950
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus carniolicus Rechinger Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 19: 152. 1913 , hybr. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000091888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus cebennensis Rouy Fl. France 9: 81 (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000069937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus ceretanus Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 655 (1927) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000069089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus chinensis DC. Prodr. 6: 629 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000027569
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus chius Jacq. Hort. Vindob. 3: 7. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000137547
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus ciliolatus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000031029
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus cirsiformis Vuk. Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. xxxix. (1877) 206. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000084364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus clavatus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000031682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus controversus Sudre in Lucante, in Rev. de Bot. 12: 22. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000067913
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus corbariensis Timb.-Lagr. & Theven. Mem. Acad. Sci. Toulouse sér. 7, 6: 647. 1874 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000018017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus coronata D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 167 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000019109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus crispoformis Arènes Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 15: 455 (1944) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000082660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus dobrogensis Prodan Fl. Roman. 1: 1069. 1923 , in obs, hybr. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000065611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus drummondii var. acaulescens Coville Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 142 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000135377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus eremocephalus Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 10: 387 (1912) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000028350
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus estivali subsp. carbonelii (Arènes) B.Bock Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 264 (2012) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001362230
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus fatrae Margittai Magyar Bot. Lapok 13: 79 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000134351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus filipendulus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 157 (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000074276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus firmus Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 152 (1821) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000133439
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus font-queri Pau in Font Quer, Iter Marocc. 1930: No. 687. 1932 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000136492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus gigas Ucria Arch. Bot. 1(1): 70 (1796) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000135833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus groedigensis Fritsch Sitzungsber. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien xxxix. (1889) 89; et ex Bot. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000018074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus hookerianus var. hesperius A.Nelson New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000097821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus horridulus Pers. Syn. Pl. 2(2): 390 (1807) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000080972
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus hymenolepis Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada iii. II. (1875) 272 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000131132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus igniarius Pall. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 557 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000117206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus inclinatus Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 522 (1867) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000038386
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus intermedius Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(1): 167 (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000090687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus kahenoe Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. : 275 (1875) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000039283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus khekii Murr Oesterr. Bot. Z. 42: 214; et in Deutsche Bot. (1892) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000026194
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus khekii Petitm. Monde Pl. 8: 22 (1906) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000132632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus killiasii Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii.-xxiv. (1880) 106. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000006781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus lanceolatus var. arachnoideo-lanuginosus M.Gómez Noc. Bot. Sist. : 91 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000111937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus leiocarpus A.Heller Cat. N. Amer. Pl. : 7 (1898) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000138265
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus leiocephalus A.Heller Cat. N. Amer. Pl. : 7 (1898) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000015616
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus leiophyllus var. vestitus Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 2(1): 102 (1902) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000067978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus leucocephalus Pers. Syn. Pl. 2(2): 387 (1807) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000060950
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus lindtneri Rech.f. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 47: 177 (1939) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000076923
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus medioformis Rouy Fl. France 9: 85 (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000074920
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus medius Gouan Ill. Observ. Bot. 62. t. 24. (1773) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000002074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus micropterus Teyber Oesterr. Bot. Z. 60: 308 (1910) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000116101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus mitis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 153 (1821) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000019436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus moschatus Guss. Index Seminum (Boccadifalco) : 3 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000082563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus munuerae Pau in Jimenez, Pl. Cartagena Suppl. 1. 1909 ; cf. Monde des Plantes, xii. 8 (1910). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000033088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus murfatlarii Nyar. & Prodan Bul. Stiint., Acad. Republ. Popul. Romine, Sect. Biol. & Stiint. Agric., Ser.Bot. 9: 325. 1957 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000025618
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus muticus var. albiflorus Farw. Asa Gray Bull. 3: 22 (1895) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000078266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus muticus var. subpinnatifidus Britton Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 3: 489 (1898) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000104563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus nelsonii Pammel New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 586 (1909) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000039062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus nevadensis Greene Pittonia 3(13): 26 (1896) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000122944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus nidulus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 6 (1900) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000064199
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus nuriensis Sennen Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 28(5-8): 106, in obs. (1930) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000018445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus nutans var. heldreichii Arènes Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. , n.s., 24: 237 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000070485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus nutans var. longispinus (Moris) Arènes Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. , n.s., 24: 238 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000105588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus nutans var. petrovicii Arènes Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. , n.s., 24: 237 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000104423
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus nutans var. stribrnyi Arènes Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. , n.s., 24: 237 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000103917
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus obvallatus Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2095. 1829 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000069069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus occidentalis var. candidissimus H.M.Hall Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 240 (1907) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000110027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus occidentalis var. coulteri H.M.Hall Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 239 (1907) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000099617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus oreophilus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 509 (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000022715
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus orgyalis Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 153 (1821) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000066427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus pannosus Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada iii. II. (1875) 271 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000086982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus parisiensis E.G.Camus Vade Mecum Herb. Paris ed. 6: Addend. 1891 ; cf. Rouy, Fl. France, ix. 93 (1905), in obs. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000118150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus personatoformis Rouy Fl. France 9: 83 (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000044586
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus petrophilus Timb.-Lagr. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 15(Sess. Extraord.): lxxxvii (1869) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000033866
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus plattensis var. spinosior Rydb. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(3): 167 (1895) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000076639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus poolii Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii-xxiv. (1880) 197. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000129811
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus prasinus Glaab Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1896, 148. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000009309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus praticola Beck Fl. Nieder-Osterreich 2(1): 1232. 1892 , as 'praticolus' Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000039775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus pseudosyriacus Lojac. Natural. Sicil. iv. 109. 1885 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000014391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus pteracanthus subsp. ibicensis Devesa & Talavera Lagascalia 10: 61 (1981) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001362723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus raphilepis Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000136794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus rechingeri Hayek Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 442, hybr. (1901) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000139226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus rhaeticus (DC.) A.Kern. 75 1881 — wfo-0000139362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus rigens Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 144 (1789) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000065706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus scordium (Lour.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. iv. 142 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000036864
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus simplicifolius Sang. Atti Acad. Pont. Lincei Ser. I, xviii. t. 2. 1865 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000024228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus spinosissimus var. elliottii (Torr. & A.Gray) Porter Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 345 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000081964
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus stenolepis Benth. Gen. Pl. 2(1): 468 (1873) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000046673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus suaveolens Benth. Gen. Pl. 2(1): 468 (1873) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000079905
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus subdecurrens Bertol. Fl. Ital. viii. 623. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000036834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus subinteger Murr Neue Uebersicht Farn- & Blutenpfl. Vorarlb. 328. 1924 , hybr. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000022496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus taygeteus Boiss. & Heldr. Diagn. Pl. Orient. , ser. 2, 3: 42 (1856) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000071761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus taygeteus subsp. insularis Franco Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(1): 48 (1975) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000101819
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus traunsteineri Rouy Illustr. Pl. Eur. t. 461. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000087891
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus truncatus Greene Fl. Colorado [Rydberg] 400, 401. 1906 — wfo-0000132764
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus undulatus var. canescens (Nutt.) Porter Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 345 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000098943
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus undulatus var. douglasii Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 360 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000106332
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus undulatus var. megacephalus Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 360 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000086226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus undulatus var. ochrocentrus Rydb. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(8): 510 (1896) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000110525
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus variabilis subsp. atacinus Arènes Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24(4): 242 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001362239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus variabilis subsp. carbonelii Arènes Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24(4): 252 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001362229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus vindobonensis Beck Fl. Nieder-Osterreich 2(2): 1238. 1893 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000114625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus virgatus Rouy Fl. France 9: 80 (1905) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000015463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus vivariensis Jord. Observ. Pl. Nouv. 3: 212 (1846) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000032331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus wolgensis M.Bieb. ex Willd. Enum. Pl. 2: 839 (1809) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000072209