Picnomon

Picnomon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Carduinae
Genus:	Picnomon; Adans.
Species:	P. acarna
Binomial name
	Picnomon acarna; (L.) Cass.
Synonyms
	Piknomon Adans., alternate spelling; Acarna Vaill.; Carduus acarna L.; Carlina acarna (L.) M.Bieb.; Cirsium pisidium Wettst.; Cnicus acarna (L.) L.; Carthamus canescens Lam.; Cirsium acarna (L.) Moench;

Picnomon is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.^[1]^[2] The only known species is Picnomon acarna, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa from Portugal and the Canary Islands to Kazakhstan.^[3]

References

^ Adanson, Michel. 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 116, 590 in French; spelled "Picnomon" on page 116, "Piknomon" on page 590
^ Tropicos, Picnomon Adans.
^ "Genere Picnomon - Flora Italiana". luirig.altervista.org. Retrieved 2024-07-16.

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