Carthamus tenuis

Life-forms

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: Centaureinae
Genus: Carthamus
Species: Carthamus tenuis
Subspecies: C. t. subsp. foliosus – C. t. subsp. gracillimus – C. t. subsp. tenuis
Name

Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Bornm., Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 605. 1898.
Synonyms

Basionym
Kentrophyllum tenue Boiss. & C.I.Blanche, Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 3: 50. Nov–Dec 1856.
Homotypic
Carthamus glaucus var. tenuis (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Boiss., Fl. Or. 3: 707. 1875.

References

Hassler, M. 2018. Carthamus tenuis. 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 May 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Carthamus tenuis. Published online. Accessed: May 03 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Carthamus tenuis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 03.
Tropicos.org 2018. Carthamus tenuis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 03.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Carthamus tenuis in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 30.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carthamus tenuis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Heller, D. & Heyn, C.C. 1993. Conspectus Florae Orientalis. An Annotated Catalogue of the Flora of the Middle East. Fascicle 8, Campanulales: Campanulaceae – Compositae (Asteraceae). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, ISBN 965-208-108-6, p. 121.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Cyprus (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus), Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (coastal W-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains)), Palestine (Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Judean Desert), Jordan (S-Jordan, W-Jordan)), Sinai (N-Sinai), Turkey (SSW-Anatolia)
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley)

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