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Taxon: Cynara cardunculus L.

Genus: Cynara
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 12839
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:827. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: cultivated forms include C. cardunculus Cardoon and Scolymus Groups
Name verified on: 02-Feb-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 01-Mar-2007
Species priority site is: Northeast Regional PI Station (NE9).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CA*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • artichoke   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • artichoke thistle   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  • cardoon   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • globe artichoke   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • Scotch thistle   (Source: Noxweed Aust [but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland]) – English
  • Scottish thistle   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  • artichaut commun   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. scolymus]) – French
  • cardon d'Espagne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Artischocke   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. scolymus]) – German
  • Gemüseartischocke   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • Kardone   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • alcachofra   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. scolymus]) – Portuguese
  • cardo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • alcachofa   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. scolymus]) – Spanish
  • alcaucil   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. scolymus]) – Spanish
  • cardo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • cardo de comer   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Libya [n.w.]; Morocco [n.]; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Cyprus; Turkey
  • EUROPE
    Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy
    Southwestern Europe: France [s. & Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

References:

  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Hu, S.-Y. 1970. Compositae of China. (Comp China) 340.
  • Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
  • Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. (F SAust)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
  • Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm) [= C. scolymus].
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1976. Flora europaea. (F Eur) 4:248.
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Wiklund, A. 1992. The genus Cynara L. (Asteraceae: Cardueae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109:113.
  • Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria. (F VictWillis)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Cynara cardunculus L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12839 (09 February 2010)

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