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Carduus (plumeless thistle)
Taxonomy
Carduus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Carduus nutans.
It was assigned to Compositae by Knowlton (1919).
It was assigned to Compositae by Knowlton (1919).
Species
C. acanthoides, C. acarna, C. acaulos, C. altissimus, C. casabonae, C. crispus, C. cyanoides, C. dissectus, C. eriophorus, C. flavescens, C. helenioides, C. heterophyllus, C. lanceolatus, C. leucographus, C. marianus, C. monspessulanus, C. nutans (type species), C. palustris, C. serratuloides, C. stellatus, C. syriacus, C. tataricus, C. tuberosus, C. virginianus
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G. Carduus Linnaeus 1753 [plumeless thistle]
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Carduus acanthoides Linnaeus 1753
Carduus acarna Linnaeus 1753
Carduus acaulos Linnaeus 1753
Carduus altissimus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus casabonae Linnaeus 1753
Carduus crispus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus cyanoides Linnaeus 1753
Carduus dissectus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus eriophorus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus flavescens Linnaeus 1753
Carduus helenioides Linnaeus 1753
Carduus heterophyllus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus lanceolatus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus leucographus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus marianus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus monspessulanus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus nutans Linnaeus 1753
Carduus palustris Linnaeus 1753
Carduus serratuloides Linnaeus 1753
Carduus stellatus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus syriacus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus tataricus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus tuberosus Linnaeus 1753
Carduus virginianus Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Carduus acanthoides (24096) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Carduus sp. (136951) |