Picnomon acarna

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
Genus: Picnomon
Species: Picnomon acarna
Name

Picnomon acarna (L.) Cass., 1826
Synonyms

Carduus acarna L.
Carlina acarna (L.) Bieb.
Carthamus canescens Lam.
Cirsium acarna (L.) Moench
Cnicus acarna (L.) L.
Picnomon spinosum St. Lag.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Europe
Sweden, France, Portugal, Spain, Baleares (Mallorca), Italy, Sicily, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, European Turkey, Ukraine, Crimea
Continental:Africa
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria)
Continental:Asie
Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus), Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (N-Israel), Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jbel Druze), Afghanistan (Baghlan, Faryab, Herat, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol, Kabul, Parwan, Takhar)

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

Cassini, A.H.G. de, Dict. Sci. Nat. 40:188. 1826

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Picnomon acarna. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Picnomon acarna. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Picnomon acarna in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29.
Tropicos.org 2018. Picnomon acarna. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Picnomon acarna in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Akarna-Kratzdistel
English: Soldier Thistle
español: Cardo blanco