Echinops echinatus

Echinops echinatus

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: Echinopsinae
Genus: Echinops
Species:

Name

Echinops echinatus Roxb., 1832

Synonyms

  • Echinops spinosus Herb. Madr. ex Wall.
  • Serratula indica Russ. ex Wall.
  • Sphaerocephalus echinatus (Roxb.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Asie
      • Jammu & Kashmir, India (widespread, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra), Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Kurram, Pakistani Punjab, etc.), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur, Hunza, Baltistan), Burma (widespread)

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

References

Vernacular names

  • English: Indian globe thistle
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