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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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				Carduus pycnocephalus L.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 1151. 1763 | 
                           
						  
                          
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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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					Carduus pycnocephalus L. subsp. pycnocephalus
					
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					Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. albidus (M. Bieb.) Kazmi
					
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					Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. cinereus (M. Bieb.) P. H. Davis
					
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					Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. intermedius (Lojac.) Giardina & Raimondo
					
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					Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. marmoratus (Boiss. & Heldr.) P. H. Davis
					
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					Carduus angusticeps H. Lindb.
					
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					Carduus membranaceus Lojac.
					
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		| Common names: | 
		
				Badelj divji (Croat), Bielutasti stričak (Croat), Cardo saettone (Italian), Cardu (Corsican), Chardon à capitules denses (French), Chardon à capitules serrés (French), Chardon à têtes denses (French), Freshkull kokëdendur (Albanian), Gostocvetni bodak (Slovene), Gyttertistel (Swedish), Knäuelköpfige Distel (German), Plymouth Thistle (English), Sitnoglavičasti stričak (Croat), Xewk tal-fjura żgħira (Maltese), Будяк дрiбноголовий (Ukraine), Дребнокошничест магарешки бодил (Bulgarian), Спин микрочефал (Moldovian), شَوْك فِرْياس (Arabic), قَرْدوس مَرْصوص الرُّؤَيْسات (Arabic), لِسان الكَلْب (Arabic), carc d’ase (Majorcan), carc gallofer (Majorcan), cardo (Spanish, Castillian), cardo borriquero (Spanish, Castillian), cardo negro (Spanish, Castillian), cardot picnocèfal (Catalan), cart (Majorcan), cart d´ase (Majorcan), Chardon à épines vertes (French), Chardon à têtes en coupe (French), Chardon à trochets (French)[Credits] | 
			
	 
	
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       			  Ab(A) AE(G T) Ag Al Ar BH Bl(I M N) Bu dCa(C F G P T) Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gg Gr He Hs(G S) Ir It Jo Le Li Ma Md(M) Mk Mo Rf(CS E S) Sa Si(M S) Sl Sn Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Au(A) Be Br Cs Da Ge aLu aPo Su] | 
		
	 
                        
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