| Source: | 
							
								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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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Carduus acicularis Bertol.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            in Ann. Storia Nat. 1: 274. 1829 | 
                          
						  
                          
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                            Species | 
                          
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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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 - Carduus L. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Carduus argentatus subsp. acicularis (Bertol.) Meikle | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Heterotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Carduus bicolor Vis. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Carduus esdraëlonicus Boiss. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Carduus rugulosus Guss. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Misapplied names:
				
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                            "Carduus argentatus" sec. Stojanov, N. & Stefanov, B. - Flora na Bălgarija, Ed. 4 [Stojanov, N., Stefanov, B. & Kitanov, B.] 2 Sofija 1967. | 
                          
 
						  
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		| Common names: | 
		
				Cardo con squame aghiforme (Italian), Chardon à aiguilles (French), Chardon à épingles (French), Dvobojni stričak (Croat), Igličasti stričak (Croat), Теснолюспест магарешки бодил (Bulgarian), قَرْدوس إبْري (Arabic)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
		| Maps: | 
		
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		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  AE(G T) Bu Cg -Cr Ct Cy Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) Ir It Jo -Li Si(S) Sy Tu(A E) [aHe] |