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Cardueae (“thistles”)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Genus Arctium (burdocks) 5 51 3   78
Genus Carduus (a genus of thistles) 4 29     83
Species Carlina vulgaris L. (Carline Thistle)   12     10
Species Carthamus caeruleus (a safflower)         1
Species Carthamus lanatus L. (Downy Safflower)         1
Species Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower)         4
Genus Centaurea (knapweeds and star-thistles) 17 45 21   149
Genus Cirsium (a genus of thistles) 11 94 27 2 233
Species Cnicus benedictus L. (Blessed Thistle)         2
Genus Cynara (cardoons, globe artichokes) 2       8
Genus Echinops (globe-thistles) 6       11
Species Onopordum acanthium L. (Cotton Thistle)   14     2
Species Serratula tinctoria L. (Saw-wort)   12 5   12
Species Silybum eburneum (a cultivated milk thistle)         1
Species Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertner (Milk Thistle)         6
Informal (Carlina/Carduus/Cirsium) (Thistles) 16 135 27 2 326

Suggested Literature

General Works

Redfern, M., 1995 Insects and Thistles

Cardueae may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Cardueae:

Cardueae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

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