| 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: | Rhaponticum scariosum subsp. rhaponticum (L.) Greuter | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | in Willdenowia 35: 237. 2005 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Subspecies | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| 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 - Rhaponticum Ludw.
 Species - Rhaponticum scariosum Lam.
 
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		| Basionym: | Centaurea rhapontica L. | 
                          
                          
                            | Homotypic synonyms: | Centaurea rhapontica L. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Leuzea rhapontica (L.) Holub | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Rhaponticum hemeralpion Banfi & al. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Serratula rhapontica (L.) DC. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Stemmacantha rhapontica (L.) Dittrich | 
                          
                          
                            | Misapplied names: | "Rhaponticum lyratum" sec. Martinčič, A. & Sušnik, F. - Mala flora Slovenije Ljubljana 1969. | 
                          
                            |  | "Rhaponticum scariosum subsp. scariosum" sec. Conti, F., Abbate, G., Alessandrini, A., Blasi, C. - An annotated checklist of the Italian vascular flora. Fratelli Palombi Roma 2005. | 
 
						  
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		| Common names: | Alpen-Bergscharte (German), Navadna rapontika (Slovene), Rhapontique des Alpes (French), Rhapontique scarieuse (French), Stemakanta šuštivá (Slovak), Stemmacanta gigante (Italian), Stemmacanthe Rhapontique (French)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | ● -Ga(F) He It Sl |