Ptilostemon afer

Ptilostemon afer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Carduinae
Genus: Ptilostemon
Species: Ptilostemon afer
Subspecies: P. a. subsp. afer P. a. subsp. eburneus

Name

Ptilostemon afer (Jacq.) Greuter, Boissiera 13: 147 (1967).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Carduus afer Jacq., Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 2: 10 (1797).
      • Typus: "Ex Barbaria" [in h. Schoenbrunn]. Specimen non conservatur.
      • Lectotypus (designated by Greuter 1973: 91): tabula "Carduus afer" in Jacq., Pl. Rar. Horti Schoenbrunn. 2: tab. 145. 1797. Specimen normale ("standard specimen"): "Carduus afer. Hort. Bot. Vind. 1799", herb. Jacquin (W).
  • Homotypic
    • Cnicus afer (Jacq.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3: 1682 (1803).
    • Cirsium afrum (Jacq.) Fisch., Cat. Jard. Gorenki ed. 2: 35 (1812).
    • Platyraphium jacquinii Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 41: 306 (1826), nom. illeg.
    • Cnicus afer (Jacq.) Sm., Fl. Graec. 9: 20 (1837), comb. superfl.
    • Chamaepeuce afra (Jacq.) DC., Prodr. 6: 659 (1838).
    • Lamyra afra (Jacq.) Tamamsch., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 476 (1954).
    • Lamyra afra (Jacq.) Soják, Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1962: 46 (1962).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Northwest Balkan Peninsula (Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia), Romania.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Türkiye.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • New Zealand South (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Greuter, W. & Rechinger, K.H. 1967. Flora der Insel Kythera, gleichzeitig Beginn einer nomenklatorischen Überprüfung der griechischen Gefässpflanzenarten. Boissiera 13: 1–206. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

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