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Carduus L.

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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Synonyms of Carduus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Clomium Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 116 (1763) wfo-4000046441

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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 acanthoides Gren. & Godr. Fl. France [Grenier] 2: 231, sec. Nym. Consp. 411. 1850 [Nov 1850] wfo-0000122758
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus acanthoides Hornem. Fl. Dan. t. 1341 wfo-0000031678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus acanthoides Huds. Fl. Angl. 2: 351 (1778) wfo-0000022023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus acanthoides Pall. ex M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 268 (1808) wfo-0000002026
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus acanthoides d'Urv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 361. 1822 wfo-0000029912
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus acanthoides subsp. acanthoides Unknown wfo-0000103317
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus acanthoides subsp. pakistanicus Abid & Qaiser Pakistan J. Bot. 51: 1437 (2019) wfo-1200007336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus acanthoides subsp. sintenisii Kazmi Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 5: 358 (1964) wfo-1200011980
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus acaulis Thunb. Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 306. 1784 [Aug 1784] wfo-0000026990
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus affinis subsp. brutius (Huter) Peruzzi wfo-1200112166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus aitonii Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3, 229 (Quid ?) (1797) wfo-0000080088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus alleizettei Arènes Bull. Soc. Bot. France 94: 259 (1948) wfo-0000059099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus altissimus Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. iii. 186 (1782) wfo-0000135126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus americanus var. perplexans A.Nelson New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) wfo-0000106708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus amplifolius Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 363 (1893) wfo-0000021838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus andersonii Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) wfo-0000060288
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus andrewsii Greene Fl. Francisc. : 478 (1897) wfo-0000133675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus angusticeps H.Lindb. Iter Austro-Hungar. 113. 1906 ; (Finsk. Vetensk.-Soc. Forh. 48 No. 13) wfo-0000006604
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus angustifolius Lam. Encycl. 1: 703 (1785) wfo-0000021025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus antarcticus Auct. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel) 152 1821 wfo-0000045156
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus arabicus Jacq. Coll. i. 56. 1784 wfo-0000020642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus araneosus Osterh. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 612 (1905) wfo-0000017800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus araneosus Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 151. 1821 wfo-0000058932
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus argemone Pourr. Encycl. 1: 700 (1785) wfo-0000060460
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus argemonoides Rouy Fl. France 9: 85, in syn. (1905) wfo-0000061047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus argentatus subsp. acicularis (Bertol.) Meikle Fl. Cyprus 2: 949, 1897 (1985): (1985) wfo-0001365536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus arizonicus Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) wfo-0000115846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus arvaticus Font Quer & Rothm. Sched. Fl. Iber. Select., Cent. II-III n. 284 (1935);. wfo-0000034622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus atacinus (Arènes) B.Bock Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 268 (2012) wfo-0001332786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus auriculatus Wall. Numer. List : n.° 2899 (1831) wfo-0000023626
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus auroficus Chaix ex Vill. Fl. Delph. 90. , sphalm. wfo-0000027139
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus austrinus Small Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 1307. 1903 [22 Jul 1903] wfo-0000038781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus bergadensis Sennen Fl. Catal. (Treb. Inst. Catal. Hist. Nat wfo-0000002732
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus bergadensis subsp. mercadaliae (Mateo, Fabregat & López Udias) Mateo & M.B.Crespo Flora Montiber. 59: 90 (2015) wfo-0001404431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus bipinnatus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) wfo-0000077104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus borbasii Javorka Magyar Bot. Lapok 1913, xii. 356; et in Bot. Ko wfo-0000041025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus borderi Rouy Fl. France 9: 92 (1905) wfo-0000119252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus brownii Eastw. Muhlenbergia 2: 160 (1906) wfo-0000082186
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus brownii Eastw. ex A.Heller Muhlenbergia ii. 160 (1906), nomen. wfo-0000086656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus bunbergii Hausm. ex Kern. Sched. Fl. Austro-Hung. 5: 65. 1888 wfo-0000015735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus cadevallii Sennen Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 1912, xi. 197, in obs., hybr. wfo-0000090630
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus caeruleus Brot. Fl. Lusit. 1: 342 (1804) wfo-0000082395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus caesius Andrz. ex Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada viii. (1883) 498, nomen. wfo-0000014685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus calcareus (M.E.Jones) A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) wfo-0000090521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus californicus var. bernardinus Parish Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 241 (1907) wfo-0000103509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus callosus Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 283 (1840) wfo-0000090741
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus candicans W. & K. wfo-0000137631
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus candissimus Greene wfo-0000077364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus canovirens Rydb. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 450 (1900) wfo-0000016329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus carniolicus (Scop.) Martyn Gard. Dict., ed. 9. 1(1): Carduus n. 41 1796 wfo-1200097305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus carolorum Howie & Jenner Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh ix. (1868) 260. wfo-0000139365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus cebennensis Rouy Fl. France 9: 81 (1905) wfo-0000069937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus centauroides Buch.-Ham. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 563 (1838) wfo-0000032526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus centauroides D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 167 (1825) wfo-0000031894
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus ceretanus Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 655 (1927) wfo-0000069089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus cernuus L. wfo-0000080460
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus ciliatus Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2(1): 193 (1865) wfo-0000061124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus ciliolatus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) wfo-0000031029
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus cinerascens Hort.Huber Rev. Hort. (Paris) (1872) 60 wfo-0000000149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus cinerescens C.Huber Cat. Gén. Automne 1870 & Printemps 1871 [Huber] 3. 1870 [Oct 1870] ; cf. D.J. Mabberley in Taxon, 34(3): 453. 1985 wfo-0000121854
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus cirsiformis Vuk. Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. xxxix. (1877) 206. wfo-0000084364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus clavatus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900) wfo-0000031682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus collinus subsp. glabrescens (Sagorski) Kazmi wfo-1200068176
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus congestus Guss in Tenore, Syll. 412. wfo-0000062823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus corbariensis Timb.-Lagr. & Theven. Mem. Acad. Sci. Toulouse sér. 7, 6: 647. 1874 wfo-0000018017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus coronata (L.) D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 167 (1825) wfo-0000019109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus crassifolius var. pollichii Besser Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec Suppl. 1: 9, no. 3839, adnot. *). 1812 [Dec 1812] wfo-1200027622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus crispus Gouan Fl. Monsp. (Gouan) 327. 1764 [Dec 1764] wfo-0000005422
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus crispus var. fissurae (Nyar) Soó Feddes Repert. 85(7-8): 454 (1974) wfo-0000109647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus crispus var. glareicola P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 530 (75) (2006) wfo-0001382852
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus defloratus subsp. sumanus (Pollini) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. 400. 1882 (1882) wfo-1200011993
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus demidecurrens Franch. Fl. Loir-et-Cher : 317 (1885) wfo-0000124840
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus diffusus A.Heller Muhlenbergia 1: 6 (1900) wfo-0000114580
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus diversifolius Wall. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. : 267 (1840) wfo-0000034547
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus drummondii Rydb. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(8): 510. 1896 [13 Jun 1896] wfo-0000017727
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus drummondii var. acaulescens Coville Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 142 (1893) wfo-0000135377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus durieuanus Font Quer & Rothm. Cavanillesia vii. 178 (1936). wfo-0000123427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus edelbergii subsp. lanatus Kazmi wfo-1200030257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus elegans Pall. ex Georgi Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich 3(4): 1224. wfo-0000005354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus estivali subsp. carbonelii (Arènes) B.Bock Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 264 (2012) wfo-0001362230
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus filipendulus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 157 (1906) wfo-0000074276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus font-queri Pau in Font Quer, Iter Marocc. 1930: No. 687. 1932 wfo-0000136492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus forsteri Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. : 178 (1843) wfo-0000059814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus gentyanus Gillot. Herbor. Jura central. 1890. 1891 wfo-0000114855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus gigas Ucria Nuov. Racc. Opusc. Aut. Sicil. vi. (Pl. Linn. Op. Addend. & Secund. Linn.Syst.) 255. 1793 wfo-0000043773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus gigas Ucria Arch. Bot. 1(1): 70 (1796) wfo-0000135833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus glaber Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List : n.° 2907 (1831) wfo-0000128086
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus glaberrimus Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(1): 167 (1903) wfo-0000033419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus glaucus Bautng. Transs. iii. 58 wfo-0000030934
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus glaucus Ledeb. Hort. Dorpat. Suppl. 1: 2. wfo-0000134649
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus glycacanthus Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Graec. Prod. ii. 150. wfo-0000016788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus gnaphalodes Cirillo Pl. Rar. Neapol. 1: 27 (1788) wfo-0000126904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus grenieri subsp. alpestris Arènes Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 252 (1949) wfo-1200012086
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus guadarramicus Sennen Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 1932, xxxii. 100. wfo-0000061324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus gyoerffyanus J.Wogner Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 285 (1935) wfo-0000139120
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus hamulosus var. pseudocollinus Schmalh. wfo-0000112135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus hamulosus var. sordidus DC. wfo-0000059658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus haussknechtii Bornm. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 8: 37. 1895 wfo-0000119112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus helleri Small Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 1307. 1903 [22 Jul 1903] wfo-0000042255
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carduus hookerianus var. hesperius (Eastw.) A.Nelson New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) wfo-0000097821