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Taxon:  Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. cardunculus



Summary
Genus:
Cynara
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cardueae
Subtribe:
Carduinae
Nomen number:
317995
Verified:
01/05/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cynara cardunculus L. (0 active accession[s])
Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. flavescens Wiklund (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Cynara cardunculus L. var. cardunculus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cynara cardunculus L. var. scolymus (L.) Benth.
Cynara scolymus L.
Cynara sylvestris Lam.
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Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  2. Gatto, A. et al. 2013. Population structure of Cynara cardunculus complex and the origin of the conspecific crops artichoke and cardoon. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 112:855-865.
  3. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  6. Rottenberg, A. & D. Zohary. 1996. The wild ancestry of the cultivated artichoke. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 43:57.
  7. Sonnante, G. et al. 2007. The domestication of artichoke and cardoon: from Roman times to the genomic age. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 100:1095-1100.
  8. Wiklund, A. 1992. The genus Cynara L. (Asteraceae: Cardueae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109:75-123.
  9. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFranceCorse 
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpainBaleares 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
Native
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain [Baleares], France [Corse]
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Turkey
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=317995. Accessed 15 May 2025.