As classified in WFO snapshot
December 2022
Warning: older classification
genus
Carduus
This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 820 (1753)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carduus abruzzensis | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris n.s., 24: 251. 1949 | wfo-0000014622 | ||
| Carduus acanthoides | Fl. France [Grenier] 2: 231, sec. Nym. Consp. 411. 1850 [Nov 1850] | wfo-0000122758 | ||
| Carduus acanthoides | Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 361. 1822 | wfo-0000029912 | ||
| Carduus acanthoides subsp. acanthoides | – | Unknown | wfo-0000103317 | |
| Carduus acanthoides subsp. pakistanicus | Pakistan J. Bot. 51: 1437. 2019 | wfo-1200007336 | ||
| Carduus acanthoides subsp. sintenisii | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 5: 358. 1964 (1964) | wfo-1200011980 | ||
| Carduus acaulis | Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 306. 1784 [Aug 1784] | wfo-0000026990 | ||
| Carduus acuminatus | Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 15: 90, t. 872 (1852-1853) | wfo-0000020276 | ||
| Carduus aitonii | Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3, 229 (Quid ?) (1797) | wfo-0000080088 | ||
| Carduus albescens | Fl. France 9: 81, hybr. (1905) | wfo-0000028927 | ||
| Carduus alleizettei | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 94: 259 (1948) | wfo-0000059099 | ||
| Carduus americanus var. perplexans | New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) | wfo-0000106708 | ||
| Carduus ammophilus | Fl. Portug. 2: 187 (1820-1834) | wfo-0000137869 | ||
| Carduus amplifolius | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 363 (1893) | wfo-0000021838 | ||
| Carduus amsteinii | Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii.-xxiv. (1880) 106. | wfo-0000070357 | ||
| Carduus andersonii | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) | wfo-0000060288 | ||
| Carduus andrewsii | Fl. Francisc. : 478 (1897) | wfo-0000133675 | ||
| Carduus angustifolius | Encycl. 1: 703 (1785) | wfo-0000021025 | ||
| Carduus araneosus | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 151. 1821 | wfo-0000058932 | ||
| Carduus argiroa | Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 413 (1879) | wfo-0000094367 | ||
| Carduus argutus | Hort. Brit. : 213 (1826) | wfo-0000119120 | ||
| Carduus arizonicus | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) | wfo-0000115846 | ||
| Carduus arvensis var. albiflorus | Asa Gray Bull. 3: 22 (1895) | wfo-0000110043 | ||
| Carduus aschersonianus | Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 239 (1881) | wfo-0000127526 | ||
| Carduus atacinus | Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 268 (2012) | wfo-0001332786 | ||
| Carduus auriculatus | Numer. List : n.° 2899 (1831) | wfo-0000023626 | ||
| Carduus auroficus | ex Vill. Fl. Delph. 90. , sphalm. | wfo-0000027139 | ||
| Carduus barrelieri | Bertol., Fl. Ital. 8. 1853. 621 1853 | — | wfo-0000055538 | |
| Carduus barrelieri | Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 411. 1879 [Oct 1879] | — | wfo-0000036835 | |
| Carduus beckianus | Magyar Növényt. Lapok 2: 700 (1951) | — | wfo-0000042009 | |
| Carduus bergadensis | Fl. Catal. (Treb. Inst. Catal. Hist. Nat | wfo-0000002732 | ||
| Carduus bihariensis | Termesz. Fuzetek 5: 51. 1881 | wfo-0000123262 | ||
| Carduus bipinnatus | Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) | wfo-0000077104 | ||
| Carduus borbasii | Magyar Bot. Lapok 1913, xii. 356; et in Bot. Ko | wfo-0000041025 | ||
| Carduus borderi | Fl. France 9: 92 (1905) | wfo-0000119252 | ||
| Carduus brownii | Muhlenbergia 2: 160 (1906) | wfo-0000082186 | ||
| Carduus brownii | Muhlenbergia ii. 160 (1906), nomen. | — | wfo-0000086656 | |
| Carduus bunbergii | Sched. Fl. Austro-Hung. 5: 65. 1888 | wfo-0000015735 | ||
| Carduus burnatii | Cat. Graines Jard. Bot. Dijon 1907 , hybr.; Le Monde des Plantes, 1912, xiv. 26 | wfo-0000126214 | ||
| Carduus cadevallii | Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 1912, xi. 197, in obs., hybr. | wfo-0000090630 | ||
| Carduus caeruleus | Fl. Lusit. 1: 342 (1804) | wfo-0000082395 | ||
| Carduus caesius | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada viii. (1883) 498, nomen. | wfo-0000014685 | ||
| Carduus caflischii | Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii-xxiv. (1880) 106. | wfo-0000137361 | ||
| Carduus calabricus | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris n.s., 24: 248. 1949 | wfo-0000064285 | ||
| Carduus calcareus | Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) | wfo-0000090521 | ||
| Carduus californicus var. bernardinus | Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 241 (1907) | wfo-0000103509 | ||
| Carduus callosus | Nomencl. Bot. 1: 283 (1840) | wfo-0000090741 | ||
| Carduus camporum | Diagn. Pl. Orient. , ser. 2, 3: 45 (1856) | wfo-0000132459 | ||
| Carduus canaliculatus | Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 522 (1867) | wfo-0000035833 | ||
| Carduus candissimus | – | — | wfo-0000077364 | |
| Carduus canovirens | Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 450 (1900) | wfo-0000016329 | ||
| Carduus carduelis | – | — | wfo-1000040414 | |
| Carduus carlinifolius | Encycl. 1: 700 (1785) | wfo-0000064950 | ||
| Carduus carniolicus | Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 19: 152. 1913 , hybr. | wfo-0000091888 | ||
| Carduus carolorum | Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh ix. (1868) 260. | wfo-0000139365 | ||
| Carduus cebennensis | Fl. France 9: 81 (1905) | wfo-0000069937 | ||
| Carduus ceretanus | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 655 (1927) | wfo-0000069089 | ||
| Carduus cernuus | – | — | wfo-0000080460 | |
| Carduus chinensis | Prodr. 6: 629 (1838) | wfo-0000027569 | ||
| Carduus chius | Hort. Vindob. 3: 7. | wfo-0000137547 | ||
| Carduus ciliolatus | Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) | wfo-0000031029 | ||
| Carduus cinerascens | Rev. Hort. (Paris) (1872) 60 | wfo-0000000149 | ||
| Carduus cinerescens | Cat. Gén. Automne 1870 & Printemps 1871 [Huber] 3. 1870 [Oct 1870] ; cf. D.J. Mabberley in Taxon, 34(3): 453. 1985 | wfo-0000121854 | ||
| Carduus cirsiformis | Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. xxxix. (1877) 206. | wfo-0000084364 | ||
| Carduus clavatus | Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) | wfo-0000031682 | ||
| Carduus conjungens | Acta Horti Berg. 8: 28 (1925) | wfo-0000068651 | ||
| Carduus conrathii | Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 62: (201), hybr. (1912) | wfo-0000085203 | ||
| Carduus controversus | in Lucante, in Rev. de Bot. 12: 22. 1894 | wfo-0000067913 | ||
| Carduus corbariensis | Mem. Acad. Sci. Toulouse sér. 7, 6: 647. 1874 | wfo-0000018017 | ||
| Carduus coronata | Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 167 (1825) | wfo-0000019109 | ||
| Carduus crispoformis | Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 15: 455 (1944) | wfo-0000082660 | ||
| Carduus crispus | Fl. Monsp. (Gouan) 327. 1764 [Dec 1764] | wfo-0000005422 | ||
| Carduus defloratus subsp. sumanus | Comp. Fl. Ital. 400. 1882 (1882) | wfo-1200011993 | ||
| Carduus demidecurrens | Fl. Loir-et-Cher : 317 (1885) | wfo-0000124840 | ||
| Carduus digeneus | Hernst. Niederösterr. 2: 175 (1883) | — | wfo-0000038286 | |
| Carduus diversifolius | Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. : 267 (1840) | wfo-0000034547 | ||
| Carduus dobrogensis | Fl. Roman. 1: 1069. 1923 , in obs, hybr. | wfo-0000065611 | ||
| Carduus draunburgensis | Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4(2): 865 (1928) | — | wfo-0000096626 | |
| Carduus drummondii | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(8): 510. 1896 [13 Jun 1896] | wfo-0000017727 | ||
| Carduus drummondii var. acaulescens | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 142 (1893) | wfo-0000135377 | ||
| Carduus durieuanus | Cavanillesia vii. 178 (1936). | wfo-0000123427 | ||
| Carduus elegans | Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich 3(4): 1224. | wfo-0000005354 | ||
| Carduus eremocephalus | Ann. Bot. (Rome) 10: 387 (1912) | wfo-0000028350 | ||
| Carduus estivali | Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 15: 456 (1944) | wfo-0000125604 | ||
| Carduus estivali subsp. carbonelii | Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 264 (2012) | wfo-0001362230 | ||
| Carduus fatrae | Magyar Bot. Lapok 13: 79 (1914) | wfo-0000134351 | ||
| Carduus filipendulus | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 157 (1906) | wfo-0000074276 | ||
| Carduus firmus | Nomencl. Bot. : 152 (1821) | wfo-0000133439 | ||
| Carduus font-queri | in Font Quer, Iter Marocc. 1930: No. 687. 1932 | wfo-0000136492 | ||
| Carduus forsteri | Man. Brit. Bot. : 178 (1843) | wfo-0000059814 | ||
| Carduus fortior | Fl. URSR 11: 504, 567 (1962) | wfo-0000080144 | ||
| Carduus gentyanus | Herbor. Jura central. 1890. 1891 | wfo-0000114855 | ||
| Carduus gigas | Nuov. Racc. Opusc. Aut. Sicil. vi. (Pl. Linn. Op. Addend. & Secund. Linn.Syst.) 255. 1793 | wfo-0000043773 | ||
| Carduus gigas | Arch. Bot. 1(1): 70 (1796) | wfo-0000135833 | ||
| Carduus gillotii | Fl. France 9: 87, in adnot. (1905) | wfo-0000003777 | ||
| Carduus glaberrimus | Fl. Sicul. 2(1): 167 (1903) | wfo-0000033419 | ||
| Carduus glaucus | Hort. Dorpat. Suppl. 1: 2. | wfo-0000134649 | ||
| Carduus grenieri subsp. alpestris | Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 252. 1949 (1949) | wfo-1200012086 | ||
| Carduus groedigensis | Sitzungsber. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien xxxix. (1889) 89; et ex Bot. | wfo-0000018074 | ||
| Carduus guadarramicus | Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 1932, xxxii. 100. | wfo-0000061324 | ||
| Carduus gyoerffyanus | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 285 (1935) | wfo-0000139120 | ||
| Carduus halanensis | Fl. Veleb. iii. 177 (1938). | wfo-0000044891 | ||
| Carduus hamulosus var. pseudocollinus | – | — | wfo-0000112135 | |
| Carduus hamulosus var. sordidus | – | — | wfo-0000059658 | |
| Carduus haussknechtii | Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 8: 37. 1895 | wfo-0000119112 | ||
| Carduus heteromorphus | Sitzungsber. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien xxxvii. (1887) 71 | wfo-0000117589 | ||
| Carduus hookerianus var. hesperius | New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) | wfo-0000097821 | ||
| Carduus horridulus | Syn. Pl. 2(2): 390 (1807) | wfo-0000080972 | ||
| Carduus huteri | Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 244 (1949) | — | wfo-0000076835 | |
| Carduus hymenolepis | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada iii. II. (1875) 272 | wfo-0000131132 | ||
| Carduus ibanezii | in Jimenez, Pl. Cartagena Suppl. 1. 1909 ; cf. Monde des Plantes, xii. 8 (1910). | wfo-0000138396 | ||
| Carduus igniarius | Prodr. 6: 557 (1838) | wfo-0000117206 | ||
| Carduus ilvensis | Bul. Stiint., Acad. Republ. Popul. Romine, Sect. Biol. & Stiint. Agric., Ser.Bot. 9: 309. 1957 | wfo-0000073523 | ||
| Carduus inclinatus | Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 522 (1867) | wfo-0000038386 | ||
| Carduus intercedens | Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 7: 41. 1895 | wfo-0000067316 | ||
| Carduus intermedius | Nomencl. Bot. : 152 (1821) | wfo-0000118683 | ||
| Carduus intermedius | Fl. Sicul. 2(1): 167 (1903) | wfo-0000090687 | ||
| Carduus javorkae | 1943 | — | wfo-0000095751 | |
| Carduus jordanii | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris n.s., 24: 252. 1949 | wfo-0000082477 | ||
| Carduus juratzkae | Fl. Nieder-Osterreich 1(2): 1231. 1892 | wfo-0000000509 | ||
| Carduus kahenoe | Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. : 275 (1875) | wfo-0000039283 | ||
| Carduus khekii | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 42: 214; et in Deutsche Bot. (1892) | wfo-0000026194 | ||
| Carduus khekii | Monde Pl. 8: 22 (1906) | wfo-0000132632 | ||
| Carduus killiasii | Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii.-xxiv. (1880) 106. | wfo-0000006781 | ||
| Carduus kotovskyi | Fl. Kavkaza 4: 176 (1934) | wfo-0000137763 | ||
| Carduus lanatus | Fl. Lusit. 1: 342. 1804 | wfo-0000029765 | ||
| Carduus lanceolatus | Fl. Cochinch. 2: 538. 1790 [Sep 1790] | wfo-0000128610 | ||
| Carduus lanceolatus var. arachnoideo-lanuginosus | Noc. Bot. Sist. : 91 (1893) | wfo-0000111937 | ||
| Carduus laxiflorus | Flora 12(1, Ergänzungsbl.): 41 (1829) | wfo-0000069053 | ||
| Carduus laxus | Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 1232 (1892) | — | wfo-0000077410 | |
| Carduus leiocarpus | Cat. N. Amer. Pl. : 7 (1898) | wfo-0000138265 | ||
| Carduus leiocephalus | Cat. N. Amer. Pl. : 7 (1898) | wfo-0000015616 | ||
| Carduus leiophyllus var. vestitus | Consp. Fl. Graec. 2(1): 102 (1902) | wfo-0000067978 | ||
| Carduus lesurinus | Fl. France 9: 90 (1905) | wfo-0000124259 | ||
| Carduus leucocephalus | Syn. Pl. 2(2): 387 (1807) | wfo-0000060950 | ||
| Carduus lindtneri | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 47: 177 (1939) | wfo-0000076923 | ||
| Carduus littoralis | Magyar Növényt. Lapok ix. (1885) 59. | wfo-0000091945 | ||
| Carduus lomaxii | Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 23(6-7): 103, hybr. (1925) | wfo-0000038735 | ||
| Carduus loretii | Fl. France 9: 87, in adnot., hybr. (1905) | wfo-0000074227 | ||
| Carduus macedonicus | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 42: 340 nomen; et Pl. de Salo (1892) | wfo-0000118692 | ||
| Carduus macrocephalus | Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2904. 1831 | wfo-0000080771 | ||
| Carduus macrocephalus subsp. macrocephalus | – | — | wfo-0000102527 | |
| Carduus macrocephalus var. atlanticus | – | — | wfo-0000104198 | |
| Carduus macrocephalus var. kahenae | – | — | wfo-0000089955 | |
| Carduus majellensis | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 481 (1906) | wfo-0000099255 | ||
| Carduus mariae | Fig. Pl. Med. 2: t. 200. 1764 , nom. inval., opus utique oppressum; Descr. Pl. Anim. 134. 1767; Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 788 | wfo-0000014727 | ||
| Carduus medioformis | Fl. France 9: 85 (1905) | wfo-0000074920 | ||
| Carduus medius | Ill. Observ. Bot. 62. t. 24. (1773) | wfo-0000002074 | ||
| Carduus megacephalus | Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 254. 1911 [Oct 1911] | wfo-0000088531 | ||
| Carduus megacephalus | Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 16: 160. 1899 | wfo-0000129135 | ||
| Carduus meratii | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris n.s., 24: 248. 1949 | wfo-0000040312 | ||
| Carduus merxmuelleri | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München v. 367 (1964). | wfo-0000010578 | ||
| Carduus michaletii | Hernst. Niederösterr. 2: 175 (1883) | — | wfo-0000037765 | |
| Carduus microcephalus | Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. App.: 4. 1835 ; ex Fl. Nap. v. 206 | wfo-0000022950 | ||
| Carduus micropterus | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 60: 308 (1910) | wfo-0000116101 | ||
| Carduus mitis | Nomencl. Bot. : 153 (1821) | wfo-0000019436 | ||
| Carduus mixtus | Nouv. Fl. Norm. 348. 1893 | wfo-0000065169 | ||
| Carduus monocephalus | Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt iii. (1852) 87. | wfo-0000093653 | ||
| Carduus montis-majoris | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 60: 309 (1910) | wfo-0000050098 | ||
| Carduus moritzii | Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii-xxiv. (1880) 106. | wfo-0000090351 | ||
| Carduus moschatus | Index Seminum (Boccadifalco) : 3 (1825) | wfo-0000082563 | ||
| Carduus mouillefarinii | Fl. France 9: 72 (1905) | wfo-0000014048 | ||
| Carduus muellneri | Sitzungsber. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien xxxvii. (1887) 70 | wfo-0000015646 | ||
| Carduus multiflorus | Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 414. 1879 [Oct 1879] | wfo-0000004481 | ||
| Carduus munuerae | in Jimenez, Pl. Cartagena Suppl. 1. 1909 ; cf. Monde des Plantes, xii. 8 (1910). | wfo-0000033088 | ||
| Carduus murfatlarii | Bul. Stiint., Acad. Republ. Popul. Romine, Sect. Biol. & Stiint. Agric., Ser.Bot. 9: 325. 1957 | wfo-0000025618 | ||
| Carduus muticus var. albiflorus | Asa Gray Bull. 3: 22 (1895) | wfo-0000078266 | ||
| Carduus muticus var. subpinnatifidus | Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 3: 489 (1898) | wfo-0000104563 | ||
| Carduus naegeli | Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii-xxiv. (1880) 107. | wfo-0000079086 | ||
| Carduus naegelii | – | — | wfo-1000040304 | |
| Carduus nelsonii | New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 586 (1909) | wfo-0000039062 | ||
| Carduus nevadensis | Pittonia 3(13): 26 (1896) | wfo-0000122944 | ||
| Carduus newbouldii | List Brit. Pl. 39 (1908), hybr. | wfo-0000118339 | ||
| Carduus nidulus | Muhlenbergia 1: 6 (1900) | wfo-0000064199 | ||
| Carduus nigrescens subsp. aemilii | Compt. Rend. Soc. Bot. Ardèche 62:14:00. 2018 | wfo-0001426753 | ||
| Carduus nigrescens subsp. vivariensis | Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 178. 1894 (1894) | wfo-1200012058 | ||
| Carduus nuriae | Bull. Géogr. Bot. 24: 244, hybr. (1914) | wfo-0000081744 | ||
| Carduus nuriensis | Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 28(5-8): 106, in obs. (1930) | wfo-0000018445 | ||
| Carduus nutans var. heldreichii | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. , n.s., 24: 237 (1949) | wfo-0000070485 | ||
| Carduus nutans var. longispinus | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. , n.s., 24: 238 (1949) | wfo-0000105588 | ||
| Carduus nutans var. macrocephalus | Phytologia 23(1): 111. 1972 | wfo-0000106012 | ||
| Carduus nutans var. petrovicii | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. , n.s., 24: 237 (1949) | wfo-0000104423 | ||
| Carduus nutans var. stribrnyi | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. , n.s., 24: 237 (1949) | wfo-0000103917 | ||
| Carduus nyaradyanus | Magyar Bot. Lapok 1913, xii. 114, hybr. | wfo-0000074205 | ||
| Carduus obvallatus | Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2095. 1829 | wfo-0000069069 | ||
| Carduus occidentalis var. candidissimus | Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 240 (1907) | wfo-0000110027 | ||
| Carduus occidentalis var. coulteri | Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 239 (1907) | wfo-0000099617 | ||
| Carduus oliganthus | Étude Fl., ed. 5 [A. Cariot] 2: 323. 1872 ; Gandoger, Fl. Lyonn. 129 (1875). | wfo-0000033727 | ||
| Carduus onopordioides var. albidens | Fl. Iran 19: n.° 2274 (1999) | wfo-0001376410 | ||
| Carduus onopyxos | Veg. Syst. iv. 13. | wfo-0000005753 | ||
| Carduus opistolobus | Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. v. 179 (1907); Fedde, Repert. | wfo-0000121901 | ||
| Carduus oreophilus | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 509 (1901) | wfo-0000022715 | ||
| Carduus orgyalis | Nomencl. Bot. : 153 (1821) | wfo-0000066427 | ||
| Carduus palatinus | Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 413 (1879) | wfo-0000136658 | ||
| Carduus palustris | Bot. Etrusc. 3: 141. 1818 | wfo-0000003988 | ||
| Carduus pancicii | Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 414 (1879) | wfo-0000084014 | ||
| Carduus pannosus | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada iii. II. (1875) 271 | wfo-0000086982 | ||
| Carduus parisiensis | Vade Mecum Herb. Paris ed. 6: Addend. 1891 ; cf. Rouy, Fl. France, ix. 93 (1905), in obs. | wfo-0000118150 | ||
| Carduus peculiaris | Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 1233 (1883) | — | wfo-0000092472 | |
| Carduus personatoformis | Fl. France 9: 83 (1905) | wfo-0000044586 | ||
| Carduus petrophilus | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 15(Sess. Extraord.): lxxxvii (1869) | wfo-0000033866 | ||
| Carduus picris | Hort. Brit. : 281 (1830) | wfo-0000082520 | ||
| Carduus plattensis var. spinosior | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(3): 167 (1895) | wfo-0000076639 | ||
| Carduus polyacanthos | Fl. Londin. 6: t. 54 | wfo-0000081716 | ||
| Carduus polyacanthus | – | — | wfo-0001283588 | |
| Carduus polyanthemos | Fl. Schw. 801. | wfo-0000067492 | ||
| Carduus polyanthos | Spic. Fl. Lips. : 15 (1771) | wfo-0000027876 | ||
| Carduus poolii | Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii-xxiv. (1880) 197. | wfo-0000129811 | ||
| Carduus potosinus | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 364 (1893) | wfo-0000000606 | ||
| Carduus prasinus | Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1896, 148. | wfo-0000009309 | ||
| Carduus praticola | Fl. Nieder-Osterreich 2(1): 1232. 1892 , as 'praticolus' | wfo-0000039775 | ||
| Carduus predealus | Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 13: 68 (1934) (1933 publ. 1934) | wfo-0000073997 | ||
| Carduus pseudohamulosus | Fl. Nieder-Osterreich 2: 1232. 1892 | wfo-0000087447 | ||
| Carduus pseudosyriacus | Natural. Sicil. iv. 109. 1885 | wfo-0000014391 | ||
| Carduus pteracanthus subsp. ibicensis | Lagascalia 10: 61 (1981) | wfo-0001362723 | ||
| Carduus pulcher | Travels Eur. Asia & Africa 1: 739 | wfo-0000091308 | ||
| Carduus purpureus | Fl. Delphin. 90. 1786 [Jun 1786] | wfo-0000108681 | ||
| Carduus pycnocephaloformis | Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 15: 349 (1943) | wfo-0000003743 | ||
| Carduus pyrenaicus | Ill. Observ. Bot. 63. 1773 [Jan-May 1773] | wfo-0000018443 | ||
| Carduus raphilepis | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) | wfo-0000136794 | ||
| Carduus ratzenbockii | Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 148 (1896) | — | wfo-0000004726 | |
| Carduus rechingeri | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 442, hybr. (1901) | wfo-0000139226 | ||
| Carduus rhaeticus | 75 1881 | — | wfo-0000139362 | |
| Carduus rhaeticus | Anleit. Beob. Alpenpfl. 138. 1882 | — | wfo-0000040320 | |
| Carduus rigens | Hort. Kew. 3: 144 (1789) | wfo-0000065706 | ||
| Carduus rigens | Hortus Kew. (W. Aiton) 3: 144 1789 | — | wfo-0000037255 | |
| Carduus ruderalis | Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 412 (1879) | wfo-0000006309 | ||
| Carduus salinus | Nomencl. Bot. 1: 353 (1840) | wfo-0000046539 | ||
| Carduus schulzeanus | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 43: 177, sphalm. (1893) | wfo-0000000799 | ||
| Carduus schurii | Fl. Republ. Popul. Român. ix. 672, 970 (1964). | wfo-0000009129 | ||
| Carduus scopulorum | Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 449. 1900 | wfo-0000038363 | ||
| Carduus scordium | Bot. Mat. Med. iv. 142 | wfo-0000036864 | ||
| Carduus segetum | Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 247. 1923 Pub. Inst. Hist. Geog. Uruguay | wfo-0000124341 | ||
| Carduus semiperegrinus | Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. l. 233 (1940) | wfo-0000044268 | ||
| Carduus sepincola | Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 6: 25. 1894 , as 'sepincolus' | wfo-0000084153 | ||
| Carduus sepincolus | – | — | wfo-1000040441 | |
| Carduus simplicifolius | Atti Acad. Pont. Lincei Ser. I, xviii. t. 2. 1865 | wfo-0000024228 | ||
| Carduus sinuatus | Fl. Lit. Inch. i. 187 (1782) | wfo-0000117988 | ||
| Carduus spinosissimus | Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ. Reiches 4: 43. 1845 | wfo-0000072978 | ||
| Carduus spinosissimus var. elliottii | Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 345 (1894) | wfo-0000081964 | ||
| Carduus spinulosus | Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 147. 1896 | wfo-0000068687 | ||
| Carduus stangii subsp. killiasii | Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 248. 1949 (1949) | wfo-1200012034 | ||
| Carduus stangii subsp. semiperegrinus | Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 248. 1949 (1949) | wfo-1200012114 | ||
| Carduus stenolepis | Gen. Pl. 2(1): 468 (1873) | wfo-0000046673 | ||
| Carduus stiriacus | Fl. Nieder-Osterreich 1(2): 1233. 1892 | wfo-0000125493 | ||
| Carduus suaveolens | Gen. Pl. 2(1): 468 (1873) | wfo-0000079905 | ||
| Carduus subdecurrens | Fl. Ital. viii. 623. | wfo-0000036834 | ||
| Carduus subinteger | Neue Uebersicht Farn- & Blutenpfl. Vorarlb. 328. 1924 , hybr. | wfo-0000022496 | ||
| Carduus talassicus | Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. xxiii. 136 (1924), in syn. | wfo-0000127756 | ||
| Carduus tataricus | Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 703. 1785 [1 Aug 1785] | wfo-0000037672 | ||
| Carduus taygeteus | Diagn. Pl. Orient. , ser. 2, 3: 42 (1856) | wfo-0000071761 | ||
| Carduus taygeteus subsp. insularis | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(1): 48 (1975) | wfo-0000101819 | ||
| Carduus theriotii | Fl. France 9: 72 (1905) | wfo-0000009801 | ||
| Carduus thessalus | Diagn. Pl. Orient. , ser. 2, 3: 46 (1856) | wfo-0000010980 | ||
| Carduus tinctorius | Fl. Carniol. 2: 132 (1772) | wfo-0000086615 | ||
| Carduus traunsteineri | Illustr. Pl. Eur. t. 461. | wfo-0000087891 | ||
| Carduus truncatus | Fl. Colorado [Rydberg] 400, 401. 1906 | — | wfo-0000132764 | |
| Carduus truncatus | Flora of Colorado "400, 401" 1906 | — | wfo-0000060915 | |
| Carduus tuberosus | Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich 1: 228. 1775 | wfo-0000023571 | ||
| Carduus tuberosus | Fl. Austriac. (Jacquin) 280. ; not found | wfo-0000098495 | ||
| Carduus uliginosus | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 154. 1821 | wfo-0000128960 | ||
| Carduus umbrosus | Enum. Fl. Transsilv. : 329 (1887) | wfo-0000086733 | ||
| Carduus undulatus var. canescens | Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 345 (1894) | wfo-0000098943 | ||
| Carduus undulatus var. douglasii | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 360 (1893) | wfo-0000106332 | ||
| Carduus undulatus var. megacephalus | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 360 (1893) | wfo-0000086226 | ||
| Carduus undulatus var. ochrocentrus | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(8): 510 (1896) | wfo-0000110525 | ||
| Carduus vaillantii | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris n.s., 24: 248. 1949 | wfo-0000027690 | ||
| Carduus vallisolitanus | Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 23(6-7): 103, hybr. (1925) | wfo-0000091053 | ||
| Carduus variabilis | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris n.s., 24: 242. 1949 | wfo-0000092898 | ||
| Carduus variabilis subsp. atacinus | Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24(4): 242 (1949) | wfo-0001362239 | ||
| Carduus variabilis subsp. carbonelii | Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24(4): 252 (1949) | wfo-0001362229 | ||
| Carduus verdii | Rev. Hort. (Paris) (1870-71) 520. | wfo-0000093434 | ||
| Carduus verlotii | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris n.s., 24: 240. 1949 | wfo-0000126639 | ||
| Carduus veronensis | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris n.s., 24: 252. 1949 | wfo-0000125391 | ||
| Carduus viciosoi | Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 23(6-7): 103, hybr. (1925) | wfo-0000064166 | ||
| Carduus vindobonensis | Fl. Nieder-Osterreich 2(2): 1238. 1893 | wfo-0000114625 | ||
| Carduus virgatus | Fl. France 9: 80 (1905) | wfo-0000015463 | ||
| Carduus viridiflorus | New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) | wfo-0000025947 | ||
| Carduus vivariensis | Observ. Pl. Nouv. 3: 212 (1846) | wfo-0000032331 | ||
| Carduus vranjanus | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 709 (1931) | wfo-0000043901 | ||
| Carduus winklerianus | Lotos xxvii. 1877 (1878) 45. | wfo-0000069457 | ||
| Carduus wolgensis | Enum. Pl. 2: 839 (1809) | wfo-0000072209 | ||
| Carduus xanthacanthus | Flora 64: 211 (1881) | wfo-0000039076 | ||
| Carduus zetterstedtianus | Fl. France 9: 88 (1905) | wfo-0000069015 |