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Taxon: Eryngium creticum Lam.

Genus: Eryngium
Family: Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae).
Nomen number: 15714
Place of publication: Encycl. 4:754. 1798
Comment: authorship verified from original literature (see p. 760)
Name verified on: 25-May-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Jun-2009
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Egypt
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Cyprus; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  • EUROPE
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]

References:

  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption. (L Edible Pl)
  • Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus. (F Cyprus)
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
More:

Check other databases for Eryngium creticum Lam.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • 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.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • 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.

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Cite as:
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?15714 (09 February 2010)

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