As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
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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Synonyms of Carduus
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
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| Clomium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carduus acanthoides | Fl. France [Grenier] 2: 231, sec. Nym. Consp. 411. 1850 [Nov 1850] | wfo-0000122758 | ||
| Carduus acanthoides | Fl. Dan. t. 1341 | wfo-0000031678 | ||
| Carduus acanthoides | Fl. Angl. 2: 351 (1778) | wfo-0000022023 | ||
| Carduus acanthoides | Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 268 (1808) | wfo-0000002026 | ||
| 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) | wfo-1200011980 | ||
| Carduus acaulis | Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 306. 1784 [Aug 1784] | wfo-0000026990 | ||
| Carduus affinis subsp. brutius | – | — | wfo-1200112166 | |
| Carduus aitonii | Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3, 229 (Quid ?) (1797) | wfo-0000080088 | ||
| Carduus alleizettei | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 94: 259 (1948) | wfo-0000059099 | ||
| Carduus altissimus | Fl. Lit. Inch. iii. 186 (1782) | wfo-0000135126 | ||
| Carduus americanus var. perplexans | New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) | wfo-0000106708 | ||
| Carduus amplifolius | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 363 (1893) | wfo-0000021838 | ||
| Carduus andersonii | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) | wfo-0000060288 | ||
| Carduus andrewsii | Fl. Francisc. : 478 (1897) | wfo-0000133675 | ||
| Carduus angusticeps | Iter Austro-Hungar. 113. 1906 ; (Finsk. Vetensk.-Soc. Forh. 48 No. 13) | wfo-0000006604 | ||
| Carduus angustifolius | Encycl. 1: 703 (1785) | wfo-0000021025 | ||
| Carduus antarcticus | Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel) 152 1821 | wfo-0000045156 | ||
| Carduus arabicus | Coll. i. 56. 1784 | wfo-0000020642 | ||
| Carduus araneosus | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 612 (1905) | wfo-0000017800 | ||
| Carduus araneosus | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 151. 1821 | wfo-0000058932 | ||
| Carduus argemone | Encycl. 1: 700 (1785) | wfo-0000060460 | ||
| Carduus argemonoides | Fl. France 9: 85, in syn. (1905) | wfo-0000061047 | ||
| Carduus argentatus subsp. acicularis | Fl. Cyprus 2: 949, 1897 (1985): (1985) | wfo-0001365536 | ||
| Carduus arizonicus | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 362 (1893) | wfo-0000115846 | ||
| Carduus arvaticus | Sched. Fl. Iber. Select., Cent. II-III n. 284 (1935);. | wfo-0000034622 | ||
| 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 austrinus | Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 1307. 1903 [22 Jul 1903] | wfo-0000038781 | ||
| Carduus bergadensis | Fl. Catal. (Treb. Inst. Catal. Hist. Nat | wfo-0000002732 | ||
| Carduus bergadensis subsp. mercadaliae | Flora Montiber. 59: 90 (2015) | wfo-0001404431 | ||
| 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 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 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 candicans | – | — | wfo-0000137631 | |
| Carduus candissimus | – | — | wfo-0000077364 | |
| Carduus canovirens | Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 450 (1900) | wfo-0000016329 | ||
| Carduus carniolicus | Gard. Dict., ed. 9. 1(1): Carduus n. 41 1796 | wfo-1200097305 | ||
| Carduus carolorum | Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh ix. (1868) 260. | wfo-0000139365 | ||
| Carduus cebennensis | Fl. France 9: 81 (1905) | wfo-0000069937 | ||
| Carduus centauroides | Prodr. 6: 563 (1838) | wfo-0000032526 | ||
| Carduus centauroides | Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 167 (1825) | wfo-0000031894 | ||
| Carduus ceretanus | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 655 (1927) | wfo-0000069089 | ||
| Carduus cernuus | – | — | wfo-0000080460 | |
| Carduus ciliatus | Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2(1): 193 (1865) | wfo-0000061124 | ||
| 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 collinus subsp. glabrescens | – | wfo-1200068176 | ||
| Carduus congestus | in Tenore, Syll. 412. | wfo-0000062823 | ||
| Carduus corbariensis | Mem. Acad. Sci. Toulouse sér. 7, 6: 647. 1874 | wfo-0000018017 | ||
| Carduus coronata | Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 167 (1825) | wfo-0000019109 | ||
| Carduus crassifolius var. pollichii | Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec Suppl. 1: 9, no. 3839, adnot. *). 1812 [Dec 1812] | wfo-1200027622 | ||
| Carduus crispus | Fl. Monsp. (Gouan) 327. 1764 [Dec 1764] | wfo-0000005422 | ||
| Carduus crispus var. fissurae | Feddes Repert. 85(7-8): 454 (1974) | wfo-0000109647 | ||
| Carduus crispus var. glareicola | Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 530 (75) (2006) | wfo-0001382852 | ||
| Carduus defloratus subsp. sumanus | Comp. Fl. Ital. 400. 1882 (1882) | wfo-1200011993 | ||
| Carduus demidecurrens | Fl. Loir-et-Cher : 317 (1885) | wfo-0000124840 | ||
| Carduus diffusus | Muhlenbergia 1: 6 (1900) | wfo-0000114580 | ||
| Carduus diversifolius | Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. : 267 (1840) | wfo-0000034547 | ||
| 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 edelbergii subsp. lanatus | – | — | wfo-1200030257 | |
| Carduus elegans | Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich 3(4): 1224. | wfo-0000005354 | ||
| Carduus estivali subsp. carbonelii | Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 264 (2012) | wfo-0001362230 | ||
| Carduus filipendulus | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 157 (1906) | wfo-0000074276 | ||
| Carduus font-queri | in Font Quer, Iter Marocc. 1930: No. 687. 1932 | wfo-0000136492 | ||
| Carduus forsteri | Man. Brit. Bot. : 178 (1843) | wfo-0000059814 | ||
| 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 glaber | Numer. List : n.° 2907 (1831) | wfo-0000128086 | ||
| Carduus glaberrimus | Fl. Sicul. 2(1): 167 (1903) | wfo-0000033419 | ||
| Carduus glaucus | Transs. iii. 58 | wfo-0000030934 | ||
| Carduus glaucus | Hort. Dorpat. Suppl. 1: 2. | wfo-0000134649 | ||
| Carduus glycacanthus | Fl. Graec. Prod. ii. 150. | — | wfo-0000016788 | |
| Carduus gnaphalodes | Pl. Rar. Neapol. 1: 27 (1788) | wfo-0000126904 | ||
| Carduus grenieri subsp. alpestris | Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 252 (1949) | wfo-1200012086 | ||
| 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 hamulosus var. pseudocollinus | – | — | wfo-0000112135 | |
| Carduus hamulosus var. sordidus | – | — | wfo-0000059658 | |
| Carduus haussknechtii | Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 8: 37. 1895 | wfo-0000119112 | ||
| Carduus helleri | Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 1307. 1903 [22 Jul 1903] | wfo-0000042255 | ||
| Carduus hookerianus var. hesperius | New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. : 585 (1909) | wfo-0000097821 |