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Taxon:
Carthamus creticus
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Carthamus
Section:
Atractylis
Family:
Asteraceae
(alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cardueae
Subtribe:
Centaureinae
Nomen number:
9230
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. ed. 2. 2:1163. 1763
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
03/01/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Carthamus baeticus
(Boiss. & Reut.) Pérez Lara
Carthamus lanatus
L. subsp.
baeticus
(Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman
Carthamus lanatus
L. subsp.
creticus
(L.) Holmboe
Kentrophyllum baeticum
Boiss. & Reut.
No images
Reference(s)
Bowles, V. G. et al.
2010. A phylogenetic investigation of
Carthamus
combining sequence and microsatellite data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 287:85-97.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Jarvis, C. et al.
Linnaean plant name typification project (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/linnaean/databasehome.html
López González, G.
1990. Acerca de la clasificación natural del género
Carthamus
L., s.l. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 47:11-34.
URL:
http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/index.php?Cab=112&SubCab=217&len=en&Pag=219
Note:
this study commented on the allopolyploidic origin of this species with n=32, and probably having
Carthamus lanatus
as one of the parental species
Mayerhofer, M. et al.
2011. Introgression potential between safflower (
Carthamus tinctorius
) and wild relatives of the genus
Carthamus
. B. M. C. Pl. Biol. 11:47.
URL:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcplantbiol/
McPherson, M. A. et al.
2004. Theoretical hybridization potential of transgenic safflower (
Carthamus tinctorius
L.) with weedy relatives in the New World. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 84:923-934.
Vilatersana, R. et al.
2000. Karyology, generic delineation and dysploidy in the genera
Carduncellus
,
Carthamus
and
Phonus
(Asteraceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 134:425-438.
Note:
this study confirmed the chromosome count of 2n=64, and supporting its origin by hybridization between
Carthamus lanatus
(x=22) and a species with x=10, probably
C. leucocaulos
or
C. glaucus
Vilatersana, R. et al.
2005. Taxonomic problems in
Carthamus
(Asteraceae): RAPD markers and sectional classification. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 147:375-383.
Note:
treatment as species independent of
Carthamus glaucus
is supported
Vilatersana, R. et al.
2007. Molecular evidence for hybrid origins of the invasive polyploids
Carthamus creticus
and
C. turkestanicus
(Cardueae, Asteraceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 44:610-621.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Common names
English
smooth distaff thistle –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Cyprus
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Greece
incl. Crete
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
Sicilia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Serbia
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
3
Adventive
Europe
Northern Europe
United Kingdom
4
Naturalized
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Oregon
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
South Carolina
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Nevada
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
British Columbia
5
Uncertain
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Libya
,
Morocco
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus
,
Turkey
Europe
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
,
Greece
(incl. Crete),
Italy
[Sicilia],
Serbia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
,
Portugal
Adventive
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
Naturalized
Australasia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
WESTERN CANADA:
Canada
[British Columbia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Oregon]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[South Carolina]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[California, Nevada]
Uncertain
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Weed
as a noxious weed
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Weed
potential seed contaminant
as
Carthamus baeticus
Campbell, F. T., ed.
1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Name
References