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Taxon: Cynara scolymus L.

Synonym of Cynara cardunculus L.

Genus: Cynara
Family: Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Nomen number: 12842
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: = C. cardunculus Scolymus Group
Name verified on: 30-Jul-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 01-Mar-2007
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. (previously associated with 86 accessions)

Economic importance:


References:

  • Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf) [accepts].
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) [accepts].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13) [accepts].
  • Hu, S.-Y. 1970. Compositae of China. (Comp China) 340. [accepts].
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [accepts].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [accepts].
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz) [accepts].
  • Stewart, R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir. (L Pak) [accepts].
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [accepts].
  • Wiklund, A. 1992. The genus Cynara L. (Asteraceae: Cardueae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109:113.
More:

Check other databases for Cynara scolymus L.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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.

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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?12842 (09 February 2010)

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