Epitrachys italica is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is a thistle native to Europe and Turkey, ranging from Germany, France, and Italy to Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, and northwestern Turkey.[1]

Epitrachys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Carduinae
Genus: Epitrachys
(DC. ex Duby) K.Koch (2021)
Species:
E. italica
Binomial name
Epitrachys italica
(DC.) Bureš, Del Guacchio, Iamonico & P.Caputo (2022)
Synonyms[1]
  • Carduus italicus (DC.) Savi (1818)
  • Cirsium italicum DC. (1813)
  • Cnicus italicus (DC.) Seb. & Mauri (1818)
  • Eriolepis italica (DC.) Cass. (1827)

The species was first named Cirsium italicum by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1813. In 2022 it was renamed Epitrachys italica, and placed in the monotypic genus Epitrachys.[1]

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