Ptilostemon echinocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Ptilostemon echinocephalus (Willd.) Greuter, Boissiera 13: 146 (1967).

Basionym
- Cnicus echinocephalus Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1685 (1803).
  - Typus: "Habitat in saxosis, et floret Julio et seq: Specimina lecta pone Achmetschet die 22 Jul: 1793", Boeber. Holotypus: herb. Willdenow n. 14950/1 (B-Willd).
Homotypic
- Serratula echinocephala (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 561 (1805).
- Cirsium echinocephalum (Willd.) M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 559 (1819).
- Carduus echinocephalus (Willd.) Pers. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 152 (1821).
- Lamyra angustifolia Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 25: 221 (1822), nom. illeg.
- Chamaepeuce echinocephala (Willd.) DC., Prodr. 6: 660 (1838).
- Lamyra echinocephala (Willd.) Tamamsch., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 470 (1954).
Heterotypic
- Carduus tauricus Boeber ex Georgi, Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich 3(4): 1224 (1779), nom. nud.
- Cnicus spinosissimus Hablitz, Descr. Phys. Taur.: 158 (1788), nom. illeg.
- Carduus spinosissimus Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 285 (1840), nom. inval.
- Cirsium wachtangia Woronow, Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. 11: 20 (1917).
  - Lectotypus (designated by Greuter 1973: 129): Georgia. In detritu lapidoso secus Tshornaja Retshka prope Borzhonr (Cartalinia super. S.S.-K.)", 25.5.1916, Kozlovskij in Voronov, Herbarium florae caucasicae Fasc. XII, n. 600 (Z; isotypi: K, MW).
  - Chamaepeuce wachtangia (Woronow) Grossh., Fl. Kavkaza 4: 190 (1934).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Eastern Europe Krym, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Gruziya). Regional: Western Asia Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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.
Willdenow, C.L. 1803. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 3, pars 3. pp. [1477]–2409. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Greuter, W. 1973. Monographie der Gattung Ptilostemon (Compositae). Boissiera 22: 1–215. PDF Reference page.

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