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]
| Cardopatium | |
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| Cardopatium corymbosum[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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- Cardopatium amethystinum Spach - Algeria, Tunisia
- Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers. - Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Algeria
References
edit- ^ 1837 illustration from Sibthrop, J. & Smith, J.E., - Flora Graeca, vol. 9: page 32, plate 844
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Tropicos, search for Brotera
- ^ Tropicos, Cardopatium Juss.
- ^ a b Cardopatium Juss. In: Greuter, W. & E. von Raab-Straube. (eds.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. 2006.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardopato corimboso, Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers.
- ^ Cardopatium. The Plant List.
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