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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 ritro L.
				
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                            Sp. Pl.: 815. 1753 | 
                           
						  
                          
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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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                            	Echinops tenuifolius Schkuhr | 
							
                           
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					Echinops ritro subsp. meyeri (DC.) Kožuharov
					
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					Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus (M. Bieb.) Nyman
					
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					Echinops ritro subsp. sartorianus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kožuharov
					
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					Echinops ritro subsp. siculus (Strobl) Greuter
					
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					Echinops ritro subsp. thracicus (Velen.) Kožuharov
					
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		| Common names: | 
		
				Azurite (French), Cardo-pallottola coccodrillo (Italian), Dvostrukorasperana sikavica (Croat), Ekinops ritro (Albanian), Ježibaba belasá (Slovak), Modra sikavica (Croat), Oursin bleu (French), Przegorzan pospolity (Polish), Sikavica (Croat), Southern Globe-thistle (English), Бодлив челядник (Bulgarian), Головатень руський (Ukraine), Мордовник обыкновенный (Russian), Ростогол обишнуит (Moldovian), Ոզնագլխիկ սովորական (Armenian), abadejo (Spanish, Castillian), asta-likardo (Euskera), Boule-d’azur (French), Boulette à petite tête (French), cabeza de erizo (Spanish, Castillian), cabeza de viejo (Spanish, Castillian), card d´esteca (Catalan), cardanxa de boles (Valencian), cardo abadejo (Spanish, Castillian), cardo asneiro (Portuguese), cardo azul (Spanish, Castillian), cardo yesquero (Spanish, Castillian), Chardon bleu (French), cocodrilo de Montpellier (Spanish, Castillian), erluzea (Euskera), erva yesqueira (Portuguese), herva da isca (Portuguese), herva isqueira (Portuguese), isquias (Portuguese), Navadni bodoglavec (Slovene), panical (Catalan), panical blau (Catalan), panical blau (Valencian), penical blau (Catalan)[Credits] | 
			
	 
	
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       			  Ab(N) ?AE(G) Al Ar Au(A) BH Bu Cg Cs Ct Ga(F M) Gr Hs(S) Hu -Ir It Mk Mo Rf(C CS E S) Rm Si(M S) Sk Sl Sr Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [cEs aGe La cPo aSk] | 
		
	 
                        
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