Cardopatium

Genus of flowering plants

Cardopatium
Cardopatium corymbosum[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Cardopatiinae
Genus: Cardopatium
Juss.
Type species
Cardopatium corymbosum
(L.) Pers.
Synonyms[2]
  • Cardopatum spelling variant
  • Broteroa Kuntze
  • Brotera Willd. 1803 not Cav. 1799 (Malvaceae) nor Spreng. 1801 (Asteraceae) nor Spreng. 1801 (Lamiaceae) nor Vell. 1825 (Malvaceae)[3]
  • Chamalium Juss.

Cardopatium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. [4] They are native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region.[5][6]

Species[2][5][7]
  • Cardopatium amethystinum Spach - Algeria, Tunisia
  • Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers. - Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Algeria

References

  1. ^ 1837 illustration from Sibthrop, J. & Smith, J.E., - Flora Graeca, vol. 9: page 32, plate 844
  2. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ Tropicos, search for Brotera
  4. ^ Tropicos, Cardopatium Juss.
  5. ^ a b Cardopatium Juss. In: Greuter, W. & E. von Raab-Straube. (eds.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. 2006.
  6. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardopato corimboso, Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers.
  7. ^ Cardopatium. The Plant List.
Taxon identifiers
Cardopatium
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