Cardopatium

Cardopatium
Cardopatium corymbosum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Cardopatium
Juss.
Type species
Cardopatium corymbosum
(L.) Pers.
Synonyms[2]

Cardopatium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[4][5] They are native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region.[6][7]

Species[2][6][8]
  1. Cardopatium amethystinum Spach - Algeria, Tunisia
  2. Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers. - Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Algeria

References

  1. 1837 illustration from Sibthrop, J. & Smith, J.E., - Flora Graeca, vol. 9: page 32, plate 844
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. Tropicos, search for Brotera
  4. Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de. 1805. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 6: 324 in French
  5. Tropicos, Cardopatium Juss.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Cardopatium Juss. In: Greuter, W. & E. von Raab-Straube. (eds.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. 2006.
  7. Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardopato corimboso, Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers.
  8. Cardopatium. The Plant List.