Asteraceae
Echinops
Echinops spinosissimus

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosissimus

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is E. Medit. to W. Iran and Arabian Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hooker. [s.n.] Morocco Echinops spinosus K002001047 No
Payton, C.A. [s.n.] Morocco Echinops spinosus K001770044 Yes
Kotschy, T. [s.n.] Egypt Echinops spinosus K001770042 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2880] Yemen Echinops spinosus K001617004 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] Morocco Echinops spinosus K001770046 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [8] Egypt Echinops spinosus K002000901 No
s.n. [s.n.] Morocco Echinops spinosus K002001043 No
Sander [s.n.] Echinops spinosus K002010935 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images