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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Scolymus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl.: 813. 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-4000034797.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 813. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Scolymus

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Scolymus subg. Myscolus	Cass.	in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 33. 1818	—	wfo-1000041231

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Scolymus annuus	Gerard ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. : 753 (1821)	wfo-0000127580
Scolymus castaneus	F.M.Vázquez & J.Blanco	Folia Bot. Extremadur. 5: 104 (103-105; fig. 10) (2011)	wfo-0001331845
Scolymus giganteus	Roem.	Hort. Turic. ex Steud. Nom. ed. II. 2: 544. , (Quid ?)	wfo-0000077302
Scolymus hispanicus subsp. hispanicus	–	–	wfo-0000082119
Scolymus perennis	Gerard ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. : 753 (1821)	wfo-0000045461