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								Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
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				Echinops spinosissimus Turra
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Farsetia: 13. 1765 | 
                          
						  
                          
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Asteranae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Asterales 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Compositae Giseke 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Tribus - Cardueae Cass. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Genus - Echinops L. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Echinops spinosus L., nom. illeg. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Echinops creticus Boiss. & Heldr. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Echinops glandulosus E. Weiss | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Echinops viscosus DC. [non Rchb. 1832] | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Echinops viscosus subsp. creticus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Rech. f. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Echinops viscosus subsp. glandulosus (E. Weiss) Rech. f. | 
							
                          
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					Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bithynicus (Boiss.) Greuter
					
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					Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bovei (Boiss.) Greuter
					
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					Echinops spinosissimus subsp. chaetocephalus (Batt.) Sennen & Mauricio
					
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					Echinops spinosissimus subsp. fontqueri (Pau) Greuter
					
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					Echinops spinosissimus subsp. macrolepis (Boiss.) Greuter
					
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					Echinops spinosissimus subsp. neumayeri (Vis.) Kožuharov
					
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					Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosus Greuter
					
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					Echinops spinosissimus Turra subsp. spinosissimus
					
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					Echinops gaillardotii Boiss.
					
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					Echinops polyceras Boiss.
					
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		| Common names: | 
		
				Cardo-pallottola spinoso (Italian), Cardo-pallottola vischioso (Italian), Ekinops shumëgjembësh (Albanian), קיפודן דביק (Israel (Hebrew)), קִפּוֹדָן דָּבִיק (Israel (Hebrew)), عَرْط (Arabic), قَرْقَفان لَزِج (Arabic)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
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		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  AE(G T) Ag Al Cr Ct Cy Eg Gr -Hs Ir It Jo Le Li Ma Si(S) Sn Sy Tn Tu(A E) |