Asteraceae
Carduus

Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis

First published in Fl. Londin. 6: t. 55 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Europe. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Canary Is., Corse, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia

Introduced into:

Bolivia, California, Cape Provinces, India, KwaZulu-Natal, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Norway, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Queensland, South Australia, Sweden, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ali, S.I. & Qaiser, M. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Pakistan 223: 1-363. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hadobas, P. [340] Australia K001560460 Yes
Sprague; Marquand [s.n.] United Kingdom K001790702 No
Clarke, C.B. [2259] Spain K001091171 No
Ruhsam, M. [DMR218] United Kingdom K001768068 Yes
Sprague; Marquand [s.n.] United Kingdom K002036714 No
s.n. [883] Spain K001770098 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Morocco K002008475 No
Price, W.R. [574] Turkey K002008446 No
Perez, G.V. [44] Spain K002008550 No
Debeaux, O. [941] Spain K000778005 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [215] K002008548 No
Murray, R.P. [s.n.] Spain K001091172 No
s.coll. [473] K002008549 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images