Asteraceae
Carthamus

Carthamus persicus Desf. ex Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1707 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey

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?
Jan 1, 1981 Mughair, A.; Nagi, S.; Barkley, F.A. [77] Iraq K000809304 No
Jan 1, 1981 Rawi, A. [31322] Iraq K000809300 No
Jan 1, 1981 Guest, E.; Knowles, P.; Rawi, A. [25005] Iraq K000809301 No
Jan 1, 1981 Hazim; Nuri [30625] Iraq K000809303 No
Jan 1, 1981 Rawi, A. [20891] Iraq K000809302 No
Dinsmore, J.E. [17060] Syria K000318479 No
Davis, P.H. [9983] Lebanon K000318478 Yes
Jun 29, 1965 McNeill [435] Turkey Carthamus flavescens K000809298 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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