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June 2025

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genus

Cirsium Mill.

This genus name was first published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. [334] (1754)  

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-4000008373.

Statistics

Status Total %
synonym 1,046 49%
unplaced 587 28%
accepted 497 23%
Total 2,130

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Synonyms of Cirsium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Breea Less. Syn. Gen. Compos. : 9 (1832) wfo-4000005382
Cnicus L. Sp. Pl. : 826 (1753) wfo-4000008696
Eriolepis Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 41: 331 (1826) wfo-4000013845
Onotrophe Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 36: 145 (1825) wfo-4000026894
Cephalanoplos Neck. wfo-4100001415
Cephalanophlos Fourr. wfo-4100001437
Echinais K.Koch wfo-4100001497

Species in Cirsium ( showing species 1 to 10 of 497)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cirsium abukumense Kadota Mem. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 96 (1996) (1996) wfo-0000088484
Cirsium acantholepis Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 211 (1910) wfo-0000129390
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Carduus acantholepis Greene Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1892: 363 (1893) wfo-0000006125
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cnicus acantholepis Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(10): 251 (1881) wfo-0000044211
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium acantholepis var. acantholepis wfo-0000056121
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium acantholepis Hemsl. 1881 wfo-0000066375
Cirsium acaule (L.) A.A.Weber ex Wigg. 59 1780 wfo-0000074701
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium sorocephalum DC. Prodr. 6: 636 (1838) wfo-0000016330
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium congestum var. congestum wfo-0000049482
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium congestum subsp. congestum wfo-0000050277
Cirsium acaule (L.) Scop. Annus Hist.-Nat. 2: 62 (1769) wfo-0000079827
Cirsium aciculare Tausch Flora 12(1, Ergänzungsbl.): 40 (1829) wfo-0000021544
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium orgyale hort. ex Tausch Flora 12(1, Ergänzungsbl.): 41 (1829) wfo-0000132775
Cirsium acrolepis (Petr.) G.B.Ownbey Phytologia 50: 317 (1982) wfo-0000023511
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium occidentale subsp. acrolepis Petr. Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 66 (1911) wfo-0000105219
Cirsium adjaricum Sommier & Levier Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. , ser. 2, 2: 20 (1895) wfo-0000033210
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium adjaricum subsp. adjaricum wfo-0000057626
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium noli-tangere Sommier & Levier Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. , ser. 2, 2: 11 (1895) wfo-0000061775
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium adjaricum subsp. nutans Petr. Petr. in Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 12(1). 1912. 37 1912 wfo-0000071294
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium puniceum Soják Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1961: 37 (1961) (1961) wfo-0000073490
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium caucasicum subsp. cladophorum Petr. Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 12(1): 39 (1912) wfo-0000074124
Cirsium aduncum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 636 (1838) wfo-0000033775
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium fallax Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 280 (1838) wfo-0000087290
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium calvescens Soják Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1961: 35 (1961) (1961) wfo-0000093916
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium yamense Turrill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 228 (1929) wfo-0000130469
Cirsium affine Tausch Flora 16(1): 228 (1833) wfo-0000045154
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium inerme Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 301 (1822) wfo-0000025731
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cnicus cynaroides (Lam.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 1670 (1803) wfo-0000060472
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cnicus inermis Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 1672 (1803) wfo-0000084072
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Eriolepis lanigera Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 50: 470 (1827) wfo-0000130505
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cirsium cynaroides Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2(5/6): 254 (1846) wfo-0000134192
Cirsium aggregatum Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2(2,7): 737 (1846) wfo-0000001107

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 10 of 696)

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cirsium abetonense E.Michálk. & Bureš Pl. Syst. Evol. 309(3)-20: 17 2023 wfo-1000057064
Cirsium abruptum Formánek Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 36: 62 (1898) wfo-0000003182
Cirsium acanthifolium Arv.-Touv. Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. iii. (1876) 73. wfo-0000138336
Cirsium acanthifolium Porta Ann. Bot. (Rome) 12: 22, hybr. (1913) wfo-0000011386
Cirsium acantholepis var. heterolepis Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 212 (1910) wfo-0001380399
Cirsium acaule (L.) All. Primitiae Florae Holsaticae 1780 wfo-0000003976
Cirsium acaule var. acaule wfo-0000056753
Cirsium acaule var. americanus A.Gray wfo-0001392588
Cirsium acaulescens Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1165. 1925 [24 Nov 1925] wfo-0000114836
Cirsium acaulon (L.) Scop. wfo-1000056233