CynaraL.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 827 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Türkey

Introduced into:

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, California, Colombia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Ireland, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Krym, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Myanmar, Netherlands, New South Wales, Pakistan, Panamá, Queensland, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, South Australia, South European Russia, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia

Synonyms

Has 3 Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Includes 10 Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • C. C. Townsend (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 359 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 827 (1753)
  • Sussana & Garcia-Jacas in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 132 [2006] (2007)
  • Wiklund, A. (1992) The genus Cynara L. (Asteraceae – Cardueae), Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 190 (1): 75–123.

Other Data

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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