Carlina

Carlina
Carlina vulgaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Carlininae
Genus: Carlina
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Synonyms[1]
  • Carlowizia Moench
  • Chamaeleon]] Cass.
  • Chromatolepis Dulac
  • Lyrolepis Rech.f.

Carlina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] It is distributed from Madeira and the Canary Islands across Europe and northern Africa to Siberia and northwestern China.[4][5][6]

Plants of the genus are known commonly as carline thistles.[7][8]

  1. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 828-829 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Carlina L.
  4. ^ Kovanda, M. (2002). Observations on Carlina biebersteinii. Thaiszia Journal of Botany 12(1), 75-82.
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Carlina includes photos and European distribution maps
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 39 刺苞菊 ci bao ju Carlina biebersteinii Bernhardi ex Hornemann, Suppl. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 94. 1819.
  7. ^ Carlina. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  8. ^ Carlina. In: Greuter, W. & E. von Raab-Straube. (Eds.) Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase.