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Carduus (Carduoideae- Cynareae)

Carduus edelbergii Rech.f. (Images by Gurcharan Singh, Dinesh Valke (Validation by Gurcharan Singh), Nidhan Singh (Validation by Gurcharan Singh) &  Prashant Awale (id by Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

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Carduus pycnocephalus L.
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Carduus tenuiflorus Curt. (Introduced) (Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Europe: Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Canary Is., Corse, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia; Introduced into: Bolivia, California, Cape Provinces, India, KwaZulu-Natal, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Norway, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Queensland, South Australia, Sweden, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia as per POWO)

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FLOWERING PLANTS OF INDIA, DICOTYLEDONS, Vol-I (Acanthaceae-Avicenniaceae) authored by S. Karthikeyan, M. Sanjappa and S. Moorthy and published by BSI, Kolkata in 2009 (with Keys) is an important document for names, authority and distribution of Asteraceae species in India.
As per this document (Karthikeyan et al., 2009) following species of Carduus occur in India:

  1. Carduus crispus L. (India: W. Himalayas. Jammu & Kashmir; Europe)
  2. C. edelbergii Rech.f. (India: W. Himalayas. Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh; Pakistan and Afghanistan)
  3. C. kumaunensis (Arenes) Kazmi (India: Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh)
  4. C. pycnocephalus L. (India: Jammu & Kashmir; Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Middle to S. Europe, and S.W. Asia)
  5. C. tenuiflorus Curtis (India: W. Himalayas. Jammu & Kashmir; Europe and China)
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Botanical nameFamilyCommon name
Carduus onopordioides Asteraceae Caucasian Cotton Thistle
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Invasive Alien Plants: An Ecological Appraisal for the Indian Subcontinent By J.R. Bhatt, J.S. Singh, S.P. Singh, R.S. Tripathi and R.K. Kohli (2011)-
Carduus edelbergii RECH.F.

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Seasonal Flowers of the Indian Summer Resorts: Mussoorie Hills by Raj Kumar Gupta – Navayug Traders, 1967 – Botany – 287 pages-
Carduus onopordioides (It should be Carduus edelbergii as per efi thread)

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Carduus : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4).

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Carduus

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.
Any comments/ corrections are welcome.

I have added the list of species known in India based on Karthikeyan et al. 2009

Thanks a lot, …. It will be interesting to know where Kashmir, Uttarakhand & Ooty plant posted by … & others (see Carduus onopordioides) has been placed by Karthikeyan et al. 2009.

Thanks, … I think … was looking for such references to settle the issue in Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads: Carduus in Kashmir….onopordioides…….edelbergii…….pycnocephalus-GS2

Attaching 4 pages of Flora of India in this matter. May be found useful.

Thanks … I will go with C. edelbergii. 

Pl. go through ‎Carduus (‎‎‎‎‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎) page with images of species (done by me) in efloraofindia.

If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, it will be really nice.
Also, if anybody is interested to take up the activity of inserting images on efloraofindia pages from efloraofindia posts, pl. let us know.

 

Updated on December 24, 2024

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