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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.

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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

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium abetonense E.Michálk. & Bureš Pl. Syst. Evol. 309(3)-20: 17 2023 wfo-1000057064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium abruptum Formánek Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 36: 62 (1898) wfo-0000003182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acanthifolium Arv.-Touv. Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. iii. (1876) 73. wfo-0000138336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acanthifolium Porta Ann. Bot. (Rome) 12: 22, hybr. (1913) wfo-0000011386
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acantholepis var. heterolepis Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 212 (1910) wfo-0001380399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaule (L.) All. Primitiae Florae Holsaticae 1780 wfo-0000003976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaule var. acaule – – — wfo-0000056753
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaule var. americanus A.Gray – wfo-0001392588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaulescens Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1165. 1925 [24 Nov 1925] wfo-0000114836
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaulon (L.) Scop. – — wfo-1000056233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaulon subsp. acaulon – – — wfo-0000052722
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaulon subsp. gregarium (Boiss. ex DC.) Talavera Lagascalia 4(2): 291 (1974) wfo-0000107510
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaulon var. acaulon – – — wfo-0000052249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaulon var. gregarium DC. DC., Prodr. 7. 1838. 305 1838 — wfo-0000097904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium acaulos Scop. Fl. Carniol. 2: 131 (1772) wfo-0000009522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium accedens Rouy Rev. Bot. Syst. Géogr. Bot. 2: 61, 117 (1904) wfo-0000012974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium adulterinum Porta Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. xvii. 652 (1910). wfo-0000029186
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium adulterinum Porta ex Fiori & Bég. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 17: 652 (1910) — wfo-0000130125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium afrum DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 96 (1813) wfo-0000064629
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium akimontanum Kadota Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B. 35(4): 190 (-192, 195; figs. (2009) wfo-0001331850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium akimotoi Kadota & Mas.Saito Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B. 34(4): 146 (-149; figs. 7-8, (2008) wfo-0001331625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium alberti Regel & Schmalh. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 318. (1879) wfo-0000067804
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium aleutrense Porta ex Kern. Sched. Fl. Austro-Hung. 5: 64. 1888 wfo-0000080408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium alixense Gand. Fl. Lyon. : 133 (1875) wfo-0000045672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium alpestre Treuinf. Z. Ferdinandeums Tirol III. xix. (1875) 228 wfo-0000073308
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium alpestrivagum Gand. Herb. Pyrénées 21 1884 wfo-1000064614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium altissimum f. moorei Steyerm. Rhodora 41: 585 (1939) wfo-0001321900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium altissimum subsp. discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35: 404 (1917) wfo-0000107283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium altissimum var. discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Fernald Fl. Southington [C.H. Bissell & L. Andrews] 105. 1902 wfo-0000062828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium ambiguum var. hastatum – – — wfo-0000103958
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium americanum Daniels Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 253. 1911 wfo-0000079277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium americanum Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1164. 1925 [24 Nov 1925] wfo-0000030829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium amplifolium Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35: 327 (1917) wfo-0000122139
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium amplum Gand. Fl. Lyon. : 131 (1875) wfo-0000084340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium andreanszkyanum Kárpáti Ind. Hort. Bot. Univ. Budapest. v. 171. 1941 wfo-0000075701
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium andrewsii Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 35: 538. 1917 wfo-0000088431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium angulosum Tausch Flora 19(2): 402 (1836) wfo-0000128254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium angustatum Peterm. Fl. Bienitz 56 (Quid?) wfo-0000084298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium angustifolium (Lam.) DC. Prodr. 6: 648 (1838) wfo-0000128710
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium aomorense f. echinoides Kitam. – — wfo-1200059658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium aragonense Sennen Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. ix. 232 (1910). wfo-0000020576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium araneosum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 367 (1840) wfo-0000139119
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium araricum Gand. Fl. Lyon. : 132 (1875) wfo-0000115763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium arcense Scop. – — wfo-0001129124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium arctorhaphis G.L.Nesom – wfo-1000043197
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium arctotidifolium Sch.Bip. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. : 144 (1867) wfo-0000032416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium arenesii Milliat Le Monde des Plantes 38: 21. 1937 wfo-0000015018
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium arenesii Milliat & Arènes Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 15: 348 (1943) wfo-0000013290
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium argentoides Porta Atti Imp. Regia Accad. Rovereto , ser. 3, 11(2): 6 (1905) wfo-0000029947
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium armenum DC. Prodr. 6: 647 (1838) wfo-0000021831
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium arvense f. albiflorum Ralph Hoffm. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 340. 1922 wfo-0000041125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium aschersonii Čelak. Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2: 263 (1873) wfo-0000136323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium ashinokuraense Kadota Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 31(1): 42 (-46; figs. 5-7) (2005) wfo-0000078487
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium ausserdorferi Hausm. ex Treuinf. in Zeitschr. Ferdin. Tirol. 3(19): 223. 1875 wfo-0000110473
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium austriacum Khek Oesterr. Bot. Z. 68: 230, hybr. (1919) wfo-0000025925
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium austrohidakaense Kadota Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B. 39(3): 121 (2013) wfo-0001338585
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium ayasii H.Duman & Dirmenci Bağbahçe Bilim Derg. 7(3): 36. 2020 wfo-1000021726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium babingtonii Rouy Illustr. Pl. Eur. t. 362. wfo-0000018330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bactiacense Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 41 (1875) wfo-0000007718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium balcanicum Sagorski ex Huter Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 285 (1906) wfo-0000017380
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium balikesirense Yıldız, Arabacı & Dirmenci Turkish J. Bot. 37(6): 1046 (2013) wfo-0001337691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium barduanum Petr. Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. xcii. 280 (1955) wfo-0000118763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium basaseachense G.L.Nesom Phytoneuron 2022-24: 21. [27 Feb 2022] [epublished] wfo-1000044305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium beckii Petr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 330 (1908) wfo-0000127699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bellunense Pamp. Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1908, 127. wfo-0000121968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium benacense Treuinf. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 24: 172 (1874) wfo-0000132225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium benaci Porta Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 27, hybr. (1911) wfo-0000031967
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium benearnense Gand. Herb. Pyrénées 45 1884 wfo-1200097351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium benearnense Rouy Rev. Bot. Syst. Géogr. Bot. 2: 61, 117 (1904) wfo-0000023798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium benzii Murr Oesterr. Bot. Z. 38: 205; 177 (1893) et in Deu (1888) wfo-0000008643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bernadense Pavarino Chanousia 1: 138. 1928 wfo-0000086362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bichroophyllum Gand. Fl. Lyon. : 130 (1875) wfo-0000114691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bicolor Porta Ann. Bot. (Rome) 12: 23, hybr. (1913) wfo-0000137414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bifrons Arv.-Touv. Monogr. Pilosella & Hieracium : 53 (1873) wfo-0000063153
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bigerriense Rouy Rev. Bot. Syst. Géogr. Bot. 2: 6, 44, hybr. (1904) wfo-0000092819
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bipinnatum (Eastw.) Petr. – wfo-0000019997
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bipinnatum (Eastw.) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. : 1010 (1917) wfo-0000122227
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bocoynense G.L.Nesom – wfo-1000043192
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bohemicum Fleischer in Dorfler, Herb. Norm. No. 3640. 1898 , hybr. wfo-0000020456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bohemicum J.Fleisch. Exsicc. (Herb. Norm.): 3640 (1898) — wfo-0000003331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium boissieri strib. ex Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 712 (1931) wfo-0000074422
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bonapartei Maire & Petitm. Mat. Etude Fl. Geogr. Bot. Orient 4: 125. 1908 wfo-0000067812
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium boujartii subsp. boujartii – – — wfo-1200068572
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium boulayi E.G.Camus Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 106 (1891) wfo-0000065077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bozkirense H.Duman, Dirmenci & Tugay Turkish J. Bot. 41(4): 376 (2017) — wfo-1000080026
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium brachiatum Porta Atti Imp. Regia Accad. Rovereto , ser. 3, 11(2): 4 (1905) wfo-0000017837
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium bracteosum Arv.-Touv. Add. Monog. Pilos. 18. , (Quid?) wfo-0000031551
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium branquinhoi Rothm. Broteria, Ser. Trimestr. 9: 15. 1940 wfo-0000096474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium breunium Goller & Huter Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 309 (1906) wfo-0000125694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium brevicaule Gand. Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 132. 1875 wfo-0000029974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium brevicaule f. albiflorum Kitam. – — wfo-1200059656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium breviscapum Eichenf. Sitzungsber. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien xliii. (1893) 52 wfo-0000002887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium breweri subsp. howellii Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35: 486 (1917) wfo-0000102717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium breweri subsp. wrangelii Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35: 461 (1917) wfo-0000111392
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium breweri var. lanosissimum Petr. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35: 462 (1917) wfo-0000063892
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium brixiense Porta Atti Imp. Regia Accad. Rovereto , ser. 3, 11(2): 3 (1905) wfo-0000090855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium brueggeri Kill. ex Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens II. xxiii.-xxiv. (1880) 108. wfo-0000021979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium buchingeri Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 284, nomen. (1867) wfo-0000089203
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium burgalense Elias & Sennen Bull. Géogr. Bot. 21: 115, hybr. (1911) wfo-0000012694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cirsium cadubricum Pamp. Arch. Bot. (Forlì) xxii. 62 (1946). wfo-0000010588