Carduus
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| Carduus | |
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| Carduus nutans (Musk Thistle) | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynareae |
| Genus: | Carduus L. |
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Carduus is a genus of about 90 species of thistles in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Carduus is Latin for a thistle.[1]
Carduus thistles are used as food plants by the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species, including the Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta) and the case-bearer Coleophora therinella.
- Selected species
- Carduus acanthoides (Plumeless Thistle)
- Carduus benedictus (Blessed Thistle) - a synonym for Centaurea benedicta
- Carduus chamaecephalus African species
- Carduus crispus (Curly Plumeless Thistle)
- Carduus defloratus (Alpine Thistle)
- Carduus keniensis is a giant rosette thistle endemic to alpine Mount Elgon, Mount Kenya, the Aberdares, and Kilimanjaro.
- Carduus nutans (Musk Thistle or Nodding Thistle)
- Carduus personata (Great Marsh Thistle)
- Carduus platyphyllus is a flat rosette species endemic to alpine Mount Kenya, where it occasionally hybridizes with C. keniensis.[2]
- Carduus pycnocephalus (Italian Plumeless Thistle)
- Carduus schimperi (may include C. platyphyllus and C. chamaecephalus)[3]
- Carduus tenuiflorus (Slender Thistle)
- Hybrids
- Carduus × orthocephalus
- Carduus keniensis x C. platyphyllus
[edit] Chardonnay
Cardonnacum, derived from carduus, is Latin for a place with thistles. This is believed to be the origin for the name of the Burgundy village of Chardonnay, Saône-et-Loire, which in turn is thought to be the home of the famous Chardonnay grape variety.
[edit] References
- ^ Charlton T. Lewis (1890). "cārduus". An Elementary Latin Dictionary. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0060%3Aentry%3D%232129.
- ^ Young, T.P.; M.M. Peacock (1985). "Vegetative key to the alpine vascular plants of Mount Kenya". Journal of the East African Natural History Society 185: 1–9.
- ^ Beentje, Henk (2000). Compositae, Part 1 (Flora of Tropical East Africa). Kew Botanical Garden.
[edit] External links
- "Carduus (a genus of thistles)". BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK). http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/T3025.HTM. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
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