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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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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Cirsium creticum (Lam.) d’Urv.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 363. 1822 | 
                          
						  
                          
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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 - Cirsium Mill. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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		| Basionym: | 
		Carduus creticus Lam. | 
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Carduus creticus Lam. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Heterotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Carduus hippolyti Bory & Chaub. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cirsium hippolyti (Bory & Chaub.) Link | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cirsium longispinum (Vis.) A. Kern. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cirsium polyanthos d’Urv. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cirsium siculum subsp. polyanthos (d’Urv.) Nyman | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Cirsium palustre var. longispinum Vis. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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							  			Invalid designations:
							  		
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								Cirsium polyanthemum subsp. creticum, des. inval. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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								Cirsium polyanthemum subsp. longispinum, des. inval. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Misapplied names:
				
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                            "Cirsium siculum" sec. Post, G. E. - Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai, Ed. 2 [Dinsmore, J. E.] 2 Beirut 1933. | 
                          
                          
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                            "Cirsium siculum" sec. Mouterde, P. - Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie 3, Texte Beirut 1978-1984. | 
                          
                          
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                            "Cirsium siculum" sec. Boissier, E. - Flora orientalis 3 Genève, Basel & Lyon 1875. | 
                          
                          
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                            "Cirsium siculum" sec. Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. - Illustrated flora of Lebanon Beirut 2007. | 
                          
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						Included taxa:
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					Cirsium creticum (Lam.) d’Urv. subsp. creticum
					
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					Cirsium creticum subsp. dictaeum Greuter & al.
					
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					Cirsium creticum subsp. gaillardotii (Boiss.) P. H. Davis & Parris
					
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					Cirsium creticum subsp. triumfettii (Lacaita) K. Werner
					
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		| Common names: | 
		
				Cardo cretese (Italian), Cirse de Crète (French), Cirzë kretase (Albanian), Kretski osjak (Croat), Критска паламида (Bulgarian), قُصْوان صِقِلِّيَة (Arabic), قُصْوان كْريت (Arabic)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
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		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  AE(G) Al BH Bu Cg Co Cr Ct Gr Ir It Jo Le Li Mk Rm Si(S) Sr Sy Tu(A E) |