Accepted scientific name:
Cirsium spinosissimum (L.) Scop. (provisionally accepted name)
Synonyms:
Carduus comosus Lam. (synonym)
Carduus spinosissimus Vill. (synonym)
Carthamus involucratus Lam. (synonym)
Cirsium caput-medusae Schur ex Nyman (synonym)
Cirsium cervini (synonym)
Cirsium controversum DC. (synonym)
Cirsium hallerianum Gaudin (synonym)
Cirsium purpureum All. (synonym)
Cirsium spitzelii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman (synonym)
Cnicus purpureus Bertol. (synonym)
Cnicus spinosissimus L. (synonym)
Common names: -
Classification:
Plantae
Phylum Magnoliophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae
Genus Cirsium
Distribution: 1 - Europe, 11 - Middle Europe, Austria (AUT), ; 1 - Europe, 12 - Southwestern Europe, France (FRA), ; 1 - Europe, 11 - Middle Europe, Germany (GER), ; 1 - Europe, 13 - Southeastern Europe, Italy (ITA), ; 1 - Europe, 11 - Middle Europe, Switzerland (SWI), ; 1 - Europe, 13 - Southeastern Europe, Yugoslavia (YUG), ; 1 - Europe, 11 - Middle Europe, Austria (AUT), Austria (AUT-AU); 1 - Europe, 11 - Middle Europe, Austria (AUT), Liechtenstein (AUT-LI); 1 - Europe, 12 - Southwestern Europe, France (FRA), Channel Is. (FRA-CI); 1 - Europe, 12 - Southwestern Europe, France (FRA), France (FRA-FR); 1 - Europe, 12 - Southwestern Europe, France (FRA), Monaco (FRA-MO); 1 - Europe, 11 - Middle Europe, Germany (GER), Germany (GER-OO); 1 - Europe, 13 - Southeastern Europe, Italy (ITA), Italy (ITA-IT); 1 - Europe, 13 - Southeastern Europe, Italy (ITA), San Marino (ITA-SM); 1 - Europe, 13 - Southeastern Europe, Italy (ITA), Vatican City (ITA-VC); 1 - Europe, 11 - Middle Europe, Switzerland (SWI), Switzerland (SWI-OO); 1 - Europe, 13 - Southeastern Europe, Yugoslavia (YUG), Slovenia (YUG-SL);
Additional data: Data Providers: Govaerts World Compositae Checklist A-G, IPNI, Tropicos, Euro+Med, LCR Editor. GCC LSID: urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:78A27008-4592-4B77-A847-D6108ACE45E0
Source database: GCC, 2 (Beta), Nov 2010
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Flann C., 14-Apr-2010
Online resource: http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=78A27008-4592-4B77-A847-D6108ACE45E0
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d0315f79-2dc5-11e0-98c6-2ce70255a436:col20110201