452.0000
						Family
						Asteraceae Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 55 (1822)
						
1620 genera, ca. 29.000 spp. (35.000 spp. incl. microspecies). Systematics taken mostly from Funk et al. (2009, 2020) and Zuntini et al. (2024). Barnadesioideae (so far treated as most basal member of Asteraceae) might be a separate family, more related to Calyceraceae.
						Species listed in database: 35331; hybrids: 682
						
							
								
								= Acarnaceae    Link; (1829)
= Ambrosiaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 254 (1820), nom. cons.
= Anthemidaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 254 (1820)
= Aposeridaceae    Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 106 (1838)
= Arctotaceae    Bessey; Univ. Stud. Nebraska 14: 107 (1914)
= Arctotidaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 255 (1820)
= Artemisiaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 48 (1820)
= Athanasiaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 56 (1820)
= Calendulaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 254 (1820)
= Carduaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 255 (1820)
= Carlinaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 255 (1820)
= Centaureaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 255 (1820)
= Cichoriaceae    Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 168 (1789), nom. cons.
= Cnicaceae    Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 273, 297 (1818)
= Compositae    Giseke; Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 538 (1792), nom. cons.
= Coreopsidaceae    Link; Handbuch [Link] 1: 768 (1829)
= Cynaraceae    Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 926, 931, 1094, 1111 (1835)
= Echinopaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 255 (1820)
= Eupatoriaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 253 (1820)
= Gnaphaliaceae    Link ex F.Rudolphi; Syst. Orb. Veg. 46 (1830)
= Grindeliaceae    Rchb. ex A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 2: 330 (1907)
= Heleniaceae    Raf.; Cincinnati Lit. Gaz. 2: 28 (1824)
= Helianthaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 254 (1820)
= Helichrysaceae    Link; Handbuch [Link] 1: 712 (1829)
= Inulaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 254 (1820)
= Ivaceae    Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 1: 31 (1837)
= Lactucaceae    Drude; Handb. Bot. 3(2): 369 (1886)
= Lapsanaceae    Martinov; (1820)
= Madiaceae    A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 2: 332 (1907)
= Matricariaceae    Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 400 (1845)
= Mutisiaceae    Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 934, 935, 1094, 1111 (1835)
= Nassauviaceae    Burmeist.; Handb. Naturgesch. 290 (1836)
= Partheniaceae    Link; Handbuch [Link] 1: 816 (1829)
= Perdiciaceae    Link; Handbuch [Link] 1: 728 (1829)
= Picridaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 482 (1820)
= Santolinaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 560 (1820)
= Senecionaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 254 (1820)
= Serratulaceae    Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 577 (1820)
= Tanacetaceae    Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 273, 298 (1818)
= Tussilagaceae    Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 254 (1820)
= Vernoniaceae    Burmeist.; Handb. Naturgesch. 296 (1836)
= Xanthiaceae    Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 273, 298 (1818)
= Xeranthemaceae    Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 498 (1843)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
						452.3221
						Genus
						Cirsium Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
						
Distribution: N- and Central America, temp. Eurasia, many in Japan (66), few N- and trop. Africa. Many microspecies with uncertain status in Japan, and species delimitation in the Rocky Mountains remains controversial. The E-tropical African populations have recently been separated as Afrocirsium and Nuriaea.
						Species listed in database: 381; hybrids: 87
						
							
								
								= Ancanthia    Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 85 (1841), nom. inval.
= Ascalea    Hill; Veg. Syst. 4: 14 (1762)
= Breea    Less.; Syn. Gen. Compos. 9 (1832)
= Cephalonoplos    Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 95 (1869)
= Echenais    Cass.; Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 33 (1818)
= Eriolepis    Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 41: 331 (1826)
= Erythrolaena    Sweet; Brit. Fl. Gard. [Sweet] 2: t. 134 (1825)
= Ixine    Hill; Veg. Syst. 4: 17 (1762)
= Onopix    Raf.; Fl. Ludov. 59 (1817)
= Onotrophe    Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 36: 145 (1825)
= Spanioptilon    Less.; Syn. Gen. Compos. 10 (1832)
= Tetralix    Hill; Veg. Syst. 4: 18 (1762), nom. illeg.
= Xylanthema    Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 1: 67 (1790)
							 
							
						
						
					 
					
					
					
					
						Search for: Cirsium %C3%97-glabrifolium
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											Cirsium acantholepis
										
										
									 (Hemsl.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 211 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Morelos, Queretaro, Tlaxcala)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus acantholepis   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium acantholepis var. heterolepis Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 212 (1910)
= Cnicus acantholepis   Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 251 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium acaule
										
										
									 (L.) Scop.; Annus Hist.-Nat. 2: 62 (1769), as ´acaulon´
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. acaule
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Stängellose Kratzdistel (DE), Dwarf Thistle (EN)
			
			Distribution: England  (England, Wales); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, +Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; N-Spain; Andorra; France; Channel Isl.; Sardinia; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania
			10 DEN GRB NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO CIS FRA SAR SPA 13 BIH CRO ITA KOS MNT ROM SLV SRB 14 EST LAT LIT
			
				Remarks: spelling of the epithet ´acaule´ vs. ´acaulon´ highly disputed
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Carduus acaulos   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1199 (1753)
= Carduus acaulos var. caulescens Boenn.; Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. 242 (1824), as ´acaulis´
= Carduus acaulos var. caulescens Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 389 (1807), nom. nov., as ´acaulis´
= Carduus acaulos var. dubius (Willd.) Merrem; Handb. Pflanzenk. [Merrem] 364 (1809), as ´acaulis´
= Carduus caulescens   Pers. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 151 (1821)
= Carduus gmelinii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 152 (1821)
= Carduus mollis   Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 3(1): 17 (1788)
= Carduus rosenii   Vill.; Syst. Pl. Eur. [Gilibert] 1: 91 (1786)
= Carduus spinosissimus   Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 2: 743 (1846), nom. inval.
= Carduus spinosus   Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 2: 743 (1846)
= Carlina acaulis   (L.) Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 156 (1812)
= Cirsium acaulon f. caulescens (W.D.J.Koch & Ziz) Lindm.; Sv. Fanerogamfl. 549 (1918)
= Cirsium acaulon f. multiflorum (Ducommun) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 6(2): 877 (1928)
= Cirsium acaulon f. pluriflorum Moritzi; Pfl. Schweiz [Moritzi] 404 (1832)
= Cirsium acaulon var. caulescens (Boenn.) Lej.; Comp. Fl. Belg. 3: 125 (1836), as ´acaule´
= Cirsium acaulon var. caulescens (Pers.) Bluff & Fingerh.; Comp. Fl. German. [Bluff & Fingerhuth] 1: 321 (1825)
= Cirsium acaulon var. rosenii (Vill.) Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 3 (Clav. Enum. Gen.): XXVII (1833)
= Cirsium acaulos   Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 131 (1771), orth. var.
= Cirsium allionii   Spenn.; Fl. Friburg. 3: 1079 (1829)
= Cirsium decipiens   Nyman; Syll. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 4 (1865)
= Cirsium exigium   Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 137 2: 137 (1899)
= Cirsium fallax   Franch.; Annot. Fl. France Allemagne 109 (1856)
= Cirsium gmelinii   Tausch; Flora 11: 482 (1828)
= Cirsium rosenii   Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 3: 14, t. 21 (1788)
= Cnicus acaulis   (L.) Willd.; Fl. Berol. Prodr. 260 (1787)
= Cnicus acaulis var. caulescens Roth; Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 346 (1788), nom. inval., et 288 (1793)
= Cnicus acaulis var. dubius (Willd.) Mérat; Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris 316 (1812)
= Cnicus dubius   Willd.; Fl. Berol. Prodr. 260 (1787)
= Onotrophe acaulis   (L.) Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 36: 146 (1825)
= Polyacantha acaulis   (L.) Hill; Herb. Brit. [Hill] 1: 71 (1769)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									subsp. gregarium
									 (Boiss. ex DC.) Talavera; Lagascalia 4(2): 291 (1974)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: S- & SE-Spain  (mountains)
			12 SPA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium acaulon subsp. gregarium (Boiss. ex DC.) Werner; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 70: 19 (1975), isonym, as ´acaule´
= Cirsium acaulon var. gregarium Boiss. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7: 305 (1838), as ´acaule´
= Cirsium gregarium   (Boiss. ex DC.) Willk.; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 2: 189 (1865)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium acrolepis
										
										
									 (Petr.) G.B.Ownbey; Phytologia 50: 317 (1982)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium occidentale subsp. acrolepis Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 66 (1911)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium aidzuense
										
										
									 Nakai ex Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 174 (1933)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium akimontanum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(4): 190 (-192, 195; figs. 1-2, 5) (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium akimotoi
										
										
									 Kadota & Mas.Saito; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 34(4): 146 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium alatum
										
										
									 (S.G.Gmel.) Bobrov; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 43: 1547 (1958)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-Romania; E-Bulgaria; S-European Russia; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Moldova; Ukraine; Siberia  (Altai, W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Nachichevan); Turkey  (Central Anatolia, E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq); Iran  (Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Israel  (Rift Valley); China  (Xinjiang)
			13 BUL ROM 14 MLD RUS UKR 30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN IRQ ISR TUR 36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus desertorum   (Fisch. ex Link) Fisch. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 283 (1841)
= Carduus polyanthemus   Boeber; Neueste Nord. Beytr. Phys. Geogr. Erd- Völkerbeschreib. 6: 261 (1793), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium desertorum   Fisch. ex Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 300 (1822)
= Cirsium desertorum var. integerrimum Trautv.
= Cirsium desertorum var. sinuatolobum Trautv.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(2): 376 (1866)
= Cirsium desertorum var. subintegerrima Trautv.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(2): 376 (1866)
= Cirsium duriusculum   K.Koch; Linnaea 24: 410 (1851)
= Cirsium elodes   M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 555 (1819)
= Cirsium elodes var. setigerum (Ledeb.) Krylov
= Cirsium elodes var. sinuatolobatum (Trautv.) O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.; Consp. Fl. Turkestanicae [O.A.Fedchenko & B.A.Fedchenko] 4: 284 (1911)
= Cirsium elodes var. subintegerrimum (Trautv.) O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.; Consp. Fl. Turkestanicae [O.A.Fedchenko & B.A.Fedchenko] 4: 284 (1911)
= Cirsium setigerum   Ledeb.; Icon. Pl. Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 1: 9 (1829)
= Cirsium viride   Velen. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(1): 181 (1889)
= Cnicus desertorum   (Fisch. ex Link) F.Dietr.; Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 3: 42 (1834)
= Serratula alata   S.G.Gmel.; Reise Russland [S.G.Gmelin] 1: 155 (1770)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium alberti
										
										
									 Regel & Schmalh.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 318 (1879)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; China  (Xinjiang)
			32 KAZ KGZ 36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium albowianum
										
										
									 Sommier & Levier; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 12: 153 (1892)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Georgia [Caucasus]
			33 GEO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium svaneticum var. albowianum (Sommier & H.Lév.) Kharadze; (1952)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium alpicola
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 321 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium greatrexii   Miyabe & Kudô; Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 175 (1917)
= Cirsium inundatum subsp. alpicola (Nakai) Kitam.; (1937)
= Cirsium inundatum var. alpicolum (Nakai) Ohwi; (1953)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium alpis-lunae
										
										
									 Brilli-Catt. &  Gubellini; Webbia 46(1): 9 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Alpe della Luna Thistle
			
			Distribution: C-Italy  (Arezzo)
			13 ITA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium alsophilum
										
										
									 (Pollini) Soldano; Boll. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Verona 18: 346 (1991 publ. 1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Switzerland; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Kosovo; Albania
			11 SWI 12 FRA 13 ALB CRO ITA KOS SLV
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium alsophilum   (Pollini) Greuter; Willdenowia 33: 49-61 (2003)
= Cirsium montanum   (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 376 (1826), nom. illeg., non Hill 1769
= Cnicus alsophilus   Pollini; Fl. Veron. 2: 620 (1822)
= Cnicus montanus   Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1676 (1803)
= Cnicus rivularis subsp. allionii Arcang.; Comp. Fl. Ital. [Arcangeli] 406 (1882)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium altissimum
										
										
									 (L.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 373 (1826)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Tall or roadside thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Carduus altissimus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 824 (1753)
= Cirsium altissimum f. moorei Steyerm.; Rhodora 41: 585 (1939)
= Cirsium altissimum var. biltmoreanum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 401 (1917)
= Cirsium diversifolium   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 649 (1838)
= Cirsium filipendulum   Engelm.; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 5: 273 (1867)
= Cirsium iowense   (Pammel) Fernald; Rhodora 10: 94 (1908)
= Cirsium iowense var. crattyii Pammel ex Wolden; Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 39: 131 (1933)
= Cnicus altissimus   (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1671 (1803)
= Cnicus iowensis   Pammel; Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 8: 231 (1901)
= Cnicus iowensis var. crattyii Pammel; Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 8: 231 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium amplexifolium
										
										
									 (Nakai) Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 16 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium nipponicum var. amplexifolium Nakai; (1912)
= Cirsium sendaicum f. albiflorum Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 40(2): 84 (2014)
= Cirsium sendaicum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 536 (1930)
= Cirsium tobai   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 620 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
					
						
						
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									var. muraii
									 (Kitam.) Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13 (Compos. Jap. 1): 123 (1937)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium muraii   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 5 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium andersonii
										
										
									 (A.Gray) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 68 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Anderson´s or rose thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Idaho, Nevada)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cnicus andersonii   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 44 (1874)
= Carduus andersonii   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892 publ. 1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium andrewsii
										
										
									 (A.Gray) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 506 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Franciscan thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus amplifolius   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus andrewsii   Greene; Fl. Francisc. 4: 478 (1897)
= Cirsium amplifolium   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 327 (1917)
= Cnicus amplifolius   (A.Gray) Greene; Pittonia 1: 70 (1887)
= Cnicus andrewsii   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 45 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium aomorense
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 364 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium maximowiczii   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 379 (1912)
= Cirsium yesoanum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 376 (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium apoense
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 629 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium kamtschaticum subsp. apoense (Nakai) Kitam. ex Shimizu; (1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium appendiculatum
										
										
									 Griseb.; Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 250 (1846)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece  (mountains of N- and C-Greece)
			13 ALB BUL GRC KOS MNT NMA SRB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium appendiculatum f. albiflorum Delip.; Thaiszia 2: 64 (1992 publ. 1993)
= Cirsium appendiculatum f. pantocsekii (Rohlena) Gajić; Fl. Srbije 7: 217 (1975)
= Cirsium appendiculatum var. pantocsekii Rohlena
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium arctorhaphis
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 13 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium argyracanthum
										
										
									 Wall. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 640-641 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Wakhan, Baghlan, Bamyan, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Wardak, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Takhar); China  (NW-Yunnan); Tibet; Pakistan  (Murree, Pakistani Punjab, Kurram, Chitral, Hazara, Gilgit); Nepal; Bhutan; N-India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim)
			34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus argyracanthus   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2903 (1831), nomen
= Cirsium royleanum   Sch.Bip.; Linnaea 19: 335 (1846)
= Cirsium stenobracteatum   Gilli; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 68: 97 (1963)
= Cirsium tibeticum   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 15(2): 43, f. 5 (1953)
= Cnicus argyracanthus   (Wall. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke; Compos. Ind. 218 (1876)
= Echenais cirsioides   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 661 (1838)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium arisanense
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 148 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium arisanense f. purpurescens Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 79 (1937)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium arizonicum
										
										
									 (A.Gray) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 68 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Arizona thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Sonora)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus arizonicus   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus nidulus   (M.E.Jones) A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 6 (1900)
= Cirsium arizonicum var. nidulum (M.E.Jones) S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 43(2): 248 (1983)
= Cirsium nidulum   (M.E.Jones) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1011 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cnicus arizonicus   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 44 (1874)
= Cnicus nidulus   M.E.Jones; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 5: 705 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. rothrockii
									 (A.Gray) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 210 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Rothrock´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico)
			76 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus rothrockii   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium rothrockii   (A.Gray) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 68 (1911)
= Cnicus rothrockii   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 220 (1881 publ. 1882)
= Cnicus rothrockii var. diffusus Eastw.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 6: 303 (1896)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium arvense
										
										
									 (L.) Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 126 (1771)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Acker-Kratzdistel (DE), Creeping Thistle (EN)
			
			Distribution: Iceland; Faeroe Isl.; England  (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Isl., Shetland Isl., Isles of Scilly, St. Kilda Isl.); Ireland  (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; Baleares  (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca); France; Channel Isl.  (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  ; S-European Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; NW-European Russia  (incl. Kaliningrad region); Moldova; Ukraine; Crimea; Algeria [I]; Azores; South Africa [I]  (Mpulamanga [I], E-Cape Prov. [I]); Siberia  (Altai, Buryatia, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia); Russian Far East  (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Isl., Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Nachichevan); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia); Iran  (EC-Iran, E-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Wakhan, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Ghazni, Ghorat, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Logar, Wardak, Nangarhar, Qunduz, Paktia / Khost, Takhar); China  (Gansu, Xinjiang); Tibet; Mongolia; South Korea [I]; Pakistan  (widespread); Nepal; India  (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand); Bangladesh; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); New Zealand [I]; Chatham Isl. [I]; Alaska [I]; Greenland [I]; Canada [I]  (Alberta [I], British Columbia [I], Manitoba [I], New Brunswick [I], Newfoundland [I], N. W. T. [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I], Saskatchewan [I], Yukon [I]); St. Pierre et Miquelon [I]; USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Arizona [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], Delaware [I], District of Columbia [I], Idaho [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Iowa [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Maine [I], Maryland [I], Massachusetts [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Missouri [I], Montana [I], Nebraska [I], Nevada [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New Mexico [I], New York [I], North Carolina [I], North Dakota [I], Ohio [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Vermont [I], Virginia [I], Washington [I], West Virginia [I], Wisconsin [I], Wyoming [I]); Brazil [I]  (Minas Gerais [I]); Argentina [I]; Chile [I]  (Valparaíso [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I], Ñuble [I], Biobío [I], Araucanía [I], Aisén [I], Magallanes [I]); Falkland Isl. [I]
			10 DEN FIN FOR GRB ICE IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO BAL CIS COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT MLD RUS UKR 20 alg 21 AZO 27 saf 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG IRN TUR 36 CHI TIB 37 MON 38 kor 40 BAN IND NEP PAK 50 aus 51 ctm nzl 70 ask cdn gnl 71 cdn 72 cdn spm 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 84 bra 85 arg cle 91 fal
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Aplotaxis pungens   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 539 (1838)
= Breea arvensis   (L.) Less.; Syn. Gen. Compos. 9 (1832)
= Breea dioica   (Cass.) Less.; Syn. Gen. Compos. 10 (1832)
= Breea ochrolepidea   (Juz.) Soják; Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 47 (1962)
= Breea praealta   (Cass.) Less.; Syn. Gen. Compos. 10 (1832)
= Breea setosa   (Willd.) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 18: 79 (1959)
= Carduus arvensis   (L.) Robson; Brit. Fl. [Robson] 163 (1777)
= Carduus arvensis subsp. setosus (Willd.) Hook.f.; Student´s Fl. Brit. Isl. 192 (1870)
= Carduus arvensis var. latifolius Bab.; Man. Brit. Bot. [Babington] 172 (1843)
= Carduus arvensis var. setosus (Willd.) Franch.; Pl. David. 1: 178 (1884)
= Carduus haemorrhoidalis   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 643 (1838)
= Carduus serratuloides   Neck.; Delic. Gallo-Belg. 338 (1768) non L. 1753
= Carduus setosus   (Willd.) Bab.; Gard. Chron. 1844: 718 (1844)
= Cephalonoplos arvensis   (L.) Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 95 (1869)
= Cephalonoplos ochrolepidium   (Juz.) Juz.; Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 290 (1937)
= Cephalonoplos setosum   (Willd.) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 8 (1934)
= Cephalonoplos setosus   (Willd.) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 8 (1934)
= Cirsium albicans   Willk.; Linnaea 30: 109 (1859)
= Cirsium albiflorum   (Kitag.) Kitag.; Lin. Fl. Manshur. 447 (1939)
= Cirsium argenteum   Peyer ex Vest; Flora 12(1. Beibl.): 57 (1829)
= Cirsium argunense   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 644 (1837)
= Cirsium arvense f. albiflorum (E.L.Rand & Redfield) R.Hoffm.; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 340 (1922)
= Cirsium arvense f. albiflorum Kitag.; Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 1: 319 (1937), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium arvense f. argenteum (Vest) Sagorski & Gus.Schneider; Fl. Centralkarpath. [Sagorski & Gus.Schneid.] 245 (1891)
= Cirsium arvense f. horridum (Wimm. & Grab.) Sagorski & Gus.Schneider; Fl. Centralkarpath. [Sagorski & Gus.Schneid.] 245 (1891)
= Cirsium arvense f. incanum (Beck) Gajić; Fl. Srbije 7: 202 (1975), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium arvense f. mite (Wimm. & Grab.) Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 759 (1914)
= Cirsium arvense f. rubricaule Lepage; Naturaliste Canad. 89: 79 (1962)
= Cirsium arvense subsp. setosum (Willd.) Iljin; Fl. Iugo-Vost. Evr. Chasti S.S.S.R. 6: 408 (1936)
= Cirsium arvense subsp. vestitum (Wimm. & Grab.) Petr.
= Cirsium arvense var. albiflorum Wirtg.; Fl. Coblenz 107 (1841)
= Cirsium arvense var. argenteum (Peyer ex Vest) Fiori; Fl. Anal. Italia 3: 368 (1904), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium arvense var. argenteum Treuinf.; Cirs. Tirol 289 (1875), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium arvense var. decurrens Torges; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 16: 28 (1901)
= Cirsium arvense var. decurrens Wallr.; Linnaea 14: 636 (Scholion zu Hampe´s Prodr. Fl. Hercyn.) (1840)
= Cirsium arvense var. discolor Neilr.; Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 392 (1858)
= Cirsium arvense var. ferox Hartm.; Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 3: 23 (1838)
= Cirsium arvense var. horridum Wimm. & Grab.; Fl. Siles. [Wimmer & Grabowski] 2(2): 92 (1829)
= Cirsium arvense var. incanum Beck; non S. G. Gmel.
= Cirsium arvense var. integrifolium W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Pl. Germ. Helv., ed. 1, 2: 400 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium arvense var. malhoi Giraudias; Bull. Soc. Études Sci. Angers, n. s. 19: 38 (1890)
= Cirsium arvense var. maritimum Fr.; Fl. Hall. 130 (1819)
= Cirsium arvense var. mite Wimm. & Grab.; Fl. Siles. [Wimmer & Grabowski] 2(2): 92 (1829)
= Cirsium arvense var. niveotomentosum Wender.; Fl. Hassiaca [Wenderoth] 280 (1846)
= Cirsium arvense var. setosum (Willd.) Hohen.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 282 (1838)
= Cirsium arvense var. setosum (Willd.) Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 2: 735 (1845)
= Cirsium arvense var. setosum (Willd.) Wirtg.; Fl. Preuss. Rheinprov. 258 (1857)
= Cirsium arvense var. spinosissimum Neilr.; Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 391 (1858)
= Cirsium arvense var. spinosissimum Ortmann; Elbogn. Kreis Königr. Böhm. [Glückselig] 86 (1842), nom. inval.
= Cirsium arvense var. subulatum (Ledeb.) Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 2: 735 (1845)
= Cirsium arvense var. tomentosum J.Becker; Fl. Frankfurt 1: 498 (1828)
= Cirsium arvense var. tomentosum Lej.; Comp. Fl. Belg. 3: 125 (1836), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium arvense var. vestitum Wimm. & Grab.; Fl. Siles. [Wimmer & Grabowski] 2(2): 92 (1829)
= Cirsium dioicum   Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 27: 190 (1823)
= Cirsium halophilum   Turcz. ex Herder; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 43(1): 83 (1870)
= Cirsium horridum   (Wimm. & Grab.) Stankov; Opred. Vyssh. Rast. Evrop. Chasti S.S.S.R. 664 (1949), nom. illeg., later homonym
= Cirsium laevigatum   Tausch; Flora 11: 483 (1828)
= Cirsium macrostylon   (Moretti) Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 856 (1832)
= Cirsium mutatum   Menyh.; Kal. Vid. Növ. 102 (1877)
= Cirsium neglectum   Fisch. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 370 (1826)
= Cirsium ochrolepidium   Juz.; Sornye Rast. S.S.S.R. 4: 287 (1935)
= Cirsium praealtum   Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 41: 333 (1826)
= Cirsium rubricaule   Novopokr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 317 (1929), in adnot.
= Cirsium ruthenicum   Fisch.; Cat. Jard. Pl. Gorenki, ed. 2: 35 (1812)
= Cirsium setosum   (Willd.) Besser; Cat. Hort. Cremeneci 39 (1816)
= Cirsium setosum   (Willd.) Besser ex M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 560 (1819)
= Cirsium setosum f. albiflorum (Kitag.) Kitag.
= Cirsium setosum var. mite (Wimm. & Grab.) Tzvelev; Fl. Evropeískoí Chasti S.S.S.R. 7: 244 (1994)
= Cirsium setosum var. subulatum Ledeb.; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 4: 10 (1833)
= Cirsium sordidum   Wallr.; Scholion zu Hampe´s Prodr. Fl. Hercyn.: 266 (1840)
= Cirsium stocksii   Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 3: 40 (1856)
= Cnicus arvensis   (L.) Hoffm.; Deutschl. Fl. [Röhling], ed. 3, 2: 130 (1804), isonym
= Cnicus arvensis   (L.) Roth; Catal. Bot. 1: 115 (1797)
= Cnicus arvensis   (L.) Wibel; Prim. Fl. Werth. [Wibel] 172 (1799), isonym
= Cnicus arvensis f. albiflorus E.L.Rand & Redfield; Fl. Mt. Desert Isl. 120 (1894)
= Cnicus arvensis subsp. microstylon (Rchb.) Arcang.; Comp. Fl. Ital. [Arcangeli] 407 (1882)
= Cnicus arvensis var. setosus (Willd.) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19(5): 511 (1874)
= Cnicus macrostylus   Moretti; Giorn. Fis. Chim. Storia Nat. Med. Arti, Dec. 2, 7: 102 (1824)
= Cnicus ruthenicus   J.Henning; Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 6: 78 (1828)
= Cnicus setosus   (Willd.) Besser; Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 2: 172 (1809)
= Cynara repens   Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 152 (1812)
= Ixine arvensis   (L.) Hill; Herb. Brit. [Hill] 1: 74 (1769)
= Saussurea pungens   (DC.) Sch.Bip.; Linnaea 19: 330 (1846)
= Serratula arvensis   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 820 (1753)
= Serratula arvensis var. campestris Schweigg.; Königsberger Arch. Naturwiss. Math. 1(2): 217 (1812)
= Serratula campestris   Schweigg. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 671 (1838)
= Serratula complanata   Schweigg.; Chlor. Boruss. [Hagen] 303 (1819)
= Serratula corymbosofastigiata   Krock.; Fl. Siles. [Krocker], Suppl. 1: 274 (1823)
= Serratula integrifolia   Krock.; Fl. Siles. [Krocker], Suppl. 1: 277 (1823)
= Serratula lanata   Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 6: 565 (1805)
= Serratula setosa   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(3): 1664 (1803)
= Serratula spinosa   Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 3: 184 (1782), opus utique oppr.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. alpestre
									 Nägeli; Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 5(1): 104 (1840)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Switzerland; SE-France; China  (Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang); Tibet; N-India
			11 SWI 12 FRA 36 CHI TIB 40 IND
			
				Remarks: a high altitude ecotype which can occur in the whole range of the species
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Aplotaxis cirsioides   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 540 (1838)
= Carduus lanatus   (Willd.) Roxb. ex Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 6: 565 (1805)
= Cephalonoplos arvensis var. alpestris (Nageli) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 15(2): 42-43 (1953)
= Cirsium arvense var. argenteum Bréb.; Fl. Normandie, éd. 4: 72 (1869)
= Cirsium lanatum   (Roxb. ex Willd.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 373 (1826)
= Cnicus lanatus   Roxb. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1671 (1803)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. integrifolium
									 Wimm. &  Grab.; Fl. Siles. [Wimmer & Grabowski] 2(2): 92 (1829)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Estonia [I]; Belarus [I]; Kazakhstan; China  (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Zhejiang); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu); NW-India  (Jammu & Kashmir)
			11 ger 14 blr est 32 KAZ 36 CHI 37 MON 38 JAP KOR NKO 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Breea segeta f. lactiflora (Nakai) W.Lee; Lineam. Fl. Koreae 1110 (1996)
= Breea segetum   (Bunge) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 18: 79 (1959)
= Breea segetum f. lactiflora (Nakai) W.Lee; Fl. Korea [Lee] 1110 (1996)
= Carduus segetum   (Bunge) Franch.; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 6: 57 (1883)
= Carduus setosus   Bab.; Gard. Chron. 1844: 718 (1844) non Willd.
= Cephalonoplos segetum   (Bunge) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3(1): 8 (1934)
= Cephalonoplos segetum f. lactiflora (Nakai) Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 24 (1937)
= Cirsium integrifolium   (Wimm. & Grab.) L.Q.Zhao & Y.Z.Zhao; Key Vasc. Pl. Inner Mongolia 274 (2014)
= Cirsium segetum   Bunge; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 110 (1833)
= Cirsium segetum f. lactiflora Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 356 (1912)
= Cnicus segetum   (Bunge) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19: 511 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. vestitum
									 Krock. ex Wimm. &  Grab.; Fl. Siles. [Wimmer & Grabowski] 2(2): 92 (1829)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Iran; Afghanistan; China  (Xinjiang)
			11 ger 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG IRN 36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium arvense subsp. incanum (S.G.Gmel.) Iljin; Fl. Iugo-Vost. Evr. Chasti S.S.S.R. 6: 408 (1936)
= Cirsium arvense var. incanum (S.G.Gmel.) Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 2: 735 (1845)
= Cirsium incanum   (S.G.Gmel.) Fisch. ex M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 561 (1819)
= Serratula incana   S.G.Gmel.; Reise Russland [S.G.Gmelin] 1: 155 (1770)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ashinokuraense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 31(1): 42 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium ashiuense
										
										
									 S.Yokoy. &  T.Shimizu; J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 44(1-2): 19 (1996)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium austrohidakaense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 39(3): 121 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ayasii
										
										
									 H.Duman & Dirmenci; Bagbahçe Bilim Derg. 7(3): 36 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium babanum
										
										
									 Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 93 (1924)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium badakhschanicum
										
										
									 Kharadze; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 28: 144, 604 (1963)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tajikistan
			32 TZK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium barnebyi
										
										
									 S.L.Welsh & Neese; Brittonia 33(3): 296 (1981)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Barneby´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium basaseachense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 21 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chihuahua)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium bertolonii
										
										
									 Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 377 (1826)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Italy  (Appennini, Alpi Apuane)
			13 ITA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium spinosissimum subsp. bertolonii (Spreng.) Werner; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 70(1): 18 (1975)
= Cirsium spinosissimum var. bertolonii (Spreng.) Fiori; Fl. Anal. Italia 3: 377 (1904)
= Cnicus bertolonii   (Spreng.) F.Dietr.; Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 3: 40 (1834)
= Cnicus horridus   Bertol.; Amoen. Ital. 104 (1819), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium bicentenariale
										
										
									 Rzed.; Acta Bot. Mex. 29: 101 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Queretaro)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium bitchuense
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 374 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium bitchuense var. manisanense Kitam.; (1937)
= Cirsium indefensum   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 40 (1933)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium bocoynense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 25 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chihuahua)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium boninense
										
										
									 Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 172 (1914)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bonin Isl.  (Keetaajima, Chichijima, Nakohdojima, Minamijima, Anijima, Otohtojima, Nishinoshima, Hahajima)
			38 OGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium borealinipponense
										
										
									 Kitam.et al. ex Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 31: 44 (1980)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium japonicum var. nipponense Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 60 (1911)
= Cirsium nipponense   (Nakai) Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 93 (1924), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium maximowiczii var. nipponense (Nakai) Nakai; (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium botryodes
										
										
									 Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 63: 109 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (W-Guizhou, W-Hunan, S-Sichuan, Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium griseum   H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12(325-330): 284 (1913), not (Rydb.) Cockerell (1911)
= Cirsium heleophilum   Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 63: 108 (1926)
= Cirsium mairei   (H.Lév.) H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12(317-321): 189 (1913), et Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 41 (1916), not Halácsy (1908)
= Cirsium yunnanense   Petr.; Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 75: 152 (1971)
= Cnicus mairei   H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11(286-290): 307 (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium brachycephalum
										
										
									 Jur.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 7: 99 (1857)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Croatia; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania
			11 AUT CZE HUN SLO 13 CRO KOS ROM SRB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium chailletii   W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1(2): 393 (1837)
= Cirsium pseudopalustre   Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 420 (1866)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium bracteiferum
										
										
									 C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(5): 388 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Chongqing)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium brevicaule
										
										
									 A.Gray; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 6: 396 (1858 publ. 1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Ryukyu Isl.
			38 NNS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium albescens   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1(1): 56-57 (1932)
= Cirsium brevicaule var. oshimense Kitam.; (1937)
= Cirsium irumtiense   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 41 (1933)
= Cirsium liukiuense   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 620 (1932)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium brevifolium
										
										
									 Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 421 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Palouse thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Idaho, Oregon, Washington)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus palousensis   Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 610 (1906)
= Cirsium palousense   (Piper) Piper; Fl. S.E. Washington [Piper & Beattie] 260 (1914)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium brevipapposum
										
										
									 Tscherneva; Fl. Uzbekist. [A.N.Sennikov] 6: 373, 514 (1962)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan
			32 KGZ TZK UZB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium brevistylum
										
										
									 Cronquist; Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 26 (1953)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Indian or clustered or short-style thistle
			
			Distribution: New Zealand [I]; Canada  (British Columbia); USA  (California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
			51 nzl 71 CDN 73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium buergeri
										
										
									 Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 185 (1866)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium buergeri var. araneosum Kitam.; (1937)
= Cirsium buergeri var. decurrens Kitam.; (1931)
= Cirsium confertissimum var. herbicolum Nakai; (1913)
= Cnicus buergeri   (Miq.) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 502 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium calcareum
										
										
									 (M.E.Jones) Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 752 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Utah, Colorado)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus calcareus   M.E.Jones; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 5: 704 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium candelabrum
										
										
									 Griseb.; Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 251 (1846)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; SW-Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (mountains of mainland, +Evvoia)
			13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC KOS MNT NMA ROM SRB TUE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium chelmeum   Orph.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 3: 41 (1856)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium canescens
										
										
									 Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 420 (1841)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Platte or prairie thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming)
			73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus nebraskensis   Britton; Ill. Fl. N. U.S. [Britton & Brown] 3: 487 (1898)
= Carduus nelsonii   Pammel; New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. 586 (1909)
= Carduus plattensis   Rydb.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(3): 167, t. 2 (1895)
= Carduus plattensis var. spinosior Rydb.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 167 (1895)
= Carduus undulatus var. canescens (Nutt.) Porter; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 345 (1894)
= Cirsium nebraskense   (Britton) Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 301 (1912)
= Cirsium nebraskense var. formidolosum Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 142 (1913)
= Cirsium nelsonii   (Pammel) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1012 (1917)
= Cirsium plattense   (Rydb.) Cockerell ex Daniels; Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 254 (1911)
= Cnicus canescens   Pammel; Contr. Bot. Dep. Iowa State Coll. Agric. No. 19: 20 (1901)
= Cnicus nelsonii   Pammel; Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 8: 235 (1901)
= Cnicus undulatus var. canescens (Nutt.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 42 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium canoasense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 21 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Durango)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium canum
										
										
									 (L.) All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 151 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Graue Kratzdistel (DE)
			
			Distribution: Sweden; Germany  (Brandenburg [I], Berlin [I], +Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, +Hessen, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Romania; Bulgaria; S-European Russia; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Moldova; Ukraine; Siberia  (W-Siberia); Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iran  (Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran)
			10 SWE 11 AUT CZE GER HUN POL SLO SWI 12 FRA 13 BUL CRO ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR MLD RUS UKR 30 SIB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN TUR
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus canus   L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 105 (1767)
= Carduus chius   Jacq.; Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 7 (1776)
= Cirsium biebersteinii   Kharadze; Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 23: 112 (1963)
= Cirsium chium   (Jacq.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 646 (1838)
= Cirsium pseudopannonicum   Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 420 (1866)
= Cnicus canus   (L.) Roth; Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 345 (1788)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium carniolicum
										
										
									 Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 128 (1771)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. carniolicum
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Austria; Italy; Slovenia  (E-Alps)
			11 AUT 13 ITA SLV
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus carniolicus   (Scop.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 388 (1807)
= Cnicus carniolicus   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1677 (1803)
= Serratula carniolica   (Scop.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 6: 563 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. rufescens
									 (Ramond ex DC.) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 1006 (1940)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Spain  (W- & C-Pyrénées); SW-France
			12 FRA SPA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus rufescens   (Ramond ex DC.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 389 (1807)
= Cirsium carniolicum proles rufescens (Ramond ex DC.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 9: 41 (1905)
= Cirsium rufescens   Ramond ex DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck] 4: 114 (1805)
= Cnicus rufescens   (Ramond ex DC.) Loisel.; Fl. Gall. [Loiseleur] 541 (1807)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium carolinianum
										
										
									 (Walter) Fernald & Schub.; Rhodora 50: 229 (1948)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Carolina or purple or soft or smallhead thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus carolinianus   Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 195 (1788)
= Carduus flaccidus   Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 1307 (1903)
= Carduus glutinosus   (Bigelow) L.C.Beck; Bot. North. Middle States [Beck] 173 (1833), nom. illeg.
= Carthamus carolinianus   Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 194 (1788)
= Cirsium flaccidum   (Small) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 543 (1917)
= Cnicus glutinosus   Bigelow; Fl. Boston., ed. 2: 291 (1824) non Gilib. 1792
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium centaureae
										
										
									 (Rydb.) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 29, pt. 1: 566 (1903)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rocky Mountain fringed thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus americanus   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus centaureae   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 507 (1901)
= Cirsium americanum   (A.Gray) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 29(1): 566 (1903)
= Cirsium clavatum var. americanum (A.Gray) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 211 (2004)
= Cirsium laterifolium   (Osterh.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1008 (1917), ex Petr.
= Cnicus carlinoides var. americanus A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 48 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium cernuum
										
										
									 Lag.; Gen. Sp. Pl. [Lagasca] 24 (1816)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (México State, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium charkeviczii
										
										
									 Barkalov; Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal´nego Vostoka 6: 307 (1992)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Kuril Isl.)
			31 RFE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chellyense
										
										
									 R.J.Moore & Frankton; Canad. J. Bot. 52(3): 547 (1974)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Navajo thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico)
			76 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium arizonicum var. chellyense (R.J.Moore & Frankton) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 209 (2004)
= Cirsium chuskaense   R.J.Moore & Frankton; Canad. J. Bot. 52(3): 548 (1974)
= Cirsium navajoense   R.J.Moore & Frankton; Canad. J. Bot. 52(3): 548 (1974)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chiapanum
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 16 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chikabumiense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 39(3): 117 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chikushiense
										
										
									 Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 115 (1919)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chilaishanense
										
										
									 S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 3: 246 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chinense
										
										
									 Gardner & Champ.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 323 (1849)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hebei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang); NE-India  (Assam); Myanmar  (Mandalay)
			36 CHI 40 IND 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium chinense var. laushanense (Y.Yabe) Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 4 (1931)
= Cirsium laushanense   Y.Yabe; Prelim. Rep. Tsing-tau-Reg. 112 (1919)
= Cirsium lineare var. glabrescens Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 273-274 (1938)
= Cirsium lineare var. laushanense (Y.Yabe) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 17 (1941)
= Cirsium lineare var. tchefouense (Debeaux) Y.Ling; Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 6: 102 (1949)
= Cirsium manshuricum   Kitag.; J. Jap. Bot. 39(9): 266-268, f. (1964)
= Cirsium tchefouense   Debeaux; Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 31: 225 (1876)
= Cirsium uninervium var. laushanense (Y.Yabe) Kitag.; Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo, Sect. IV, Pt. 4 (Index Fl. Jeholensis) 94 (1936)
= Cnicus chinensis   (Gardner & Champ.) Benth.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2: 468 (1863)
= Cnicus tchefouensis   (Debeaux) Franch.; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg, Sér. 3, 24: 229 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chionanthum
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom & García-Mor.; Phytoneuron 2021-69: 1 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chokaiense
										
										
									 Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 5 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chrysacanthum
										
										
									 (Ball) Jahand.; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 4: 84 (1923)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco
			20 MOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium chrysacanthum var. ornatum (Ball) Maire
= Cirsium chrysacanthum var. subornatum Emb. & Maire
= Cnicus chrysacanthus   Ball; J. Bot. 11: 369 (1873)
= Cnicus ornatus   Ball; J. Bot. 11: 368 (1873)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium chrysolepis
										
										
									 C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(6): 451-452, pl. 1, f. 3 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Tibet  (Nyalam)
			36 TIB
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium cilicicum
										
										
									 P.H.Davis & Parris; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 416 (1975)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey  (SSW-Anatolia)
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ciliolatum
										
										
									 (L.F.Hend.) J.T.Howell; Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 9 (1959)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Ashland thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ciliolatus   (L.F.Hend.) A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900)
= Cirsium breweri subsp. howellii Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 486 (1917)
= Cirsium howellii   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 486 (1917)
= Cirsium undulatum var. ciliolatum L.F.Hend.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 348 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium clavatum
										
										
									 (M.E.Jones) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 310 (1917)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fish Lake thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, Utah)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus clavatus   (M.E.Jones) A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900)
= Cnicus clavatus   M.E.Jones; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 5: 704 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium coahuilense
										
										
									 G.B.Ownbey & Pinkava; Syst. Bot. 5(3): 326 (1980 publ. 1981)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Coahuila)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium coloradense
										
										
									 (Rydb.) Cockerell ex Daniels; Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 254 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Colorado thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus coloradensis   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 132 (1905)
= Carduus erosus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 507 (1901)
= Cirsium erosum   (Rydb.) Cockerell ex Daniels; Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 254 (1911)
= Cirsium scariosum var. coloradense (Rydb.) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 215 (2004)
= Cirsium tioganum var. coloradense (Rydb.) Dorn; Vasc. Pl. Wyoming 295 (1988)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium confertissimum
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 262 (1913)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium congdonii
										
										
									 R.J.Moore & Frankton; Canad. J. Bot. 45: 1738 (1967)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rosette thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Nevada)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium scariosum var. congdonii (R.J.Moore & Frankton) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 215 (2004)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium congestissimum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 1 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium consociatum
										
										
									 S.F.Blake; Brittonia 2: 355 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guatemala
			80 GUA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium conspicuum
										
										
									 (Sw.) Sch.Bip.; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 312 (1856)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus heterolepsis   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893), non Cirsium heterolepis Benth.
= Carduus pyrochros   Less.; Linnaea 5: 130 (1830)
= Cirsium anartiolepis   Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 65 (1911)
= Cnicus conspicuus   (Sw.) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 251 (1881)
= Erythrolaena conspicua   Sw.; Brit. Fl. Gard. [Sweet], Ser. 1: t. 134 (1825)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium crassicaule
										
										
									 (Greene) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 506 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Slough thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus crassicaulis   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 357 (1892), et Man. Bot. San Francisco 217 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium creticum
										
										
									 (Lam.) d´Urv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 363 (1822)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. creticum
									
								
								
		
			
				Name: Kretische Distel (DE); Cretan Thistle (EN)
			
			Distribution: Italy; Sicily; Croatia; Serbia; Kosovo; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (widespread, incl. Kiklades, Samothraki, Thasos, Limnos, Skiros); Crete; Libya; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey  (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iran  (W-Iran); Lebanon  (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon)
			13 ALB BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI ROM SIC SRB TUE 20 LBY 34 EAI IRN LEB TUR
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus creticus   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 701 (1785)
= Cirsium creticum subsp. dictaeum Greuter, Matthäs & Risse; Willdenowia 14(2): 271 (1984 publ. 1985)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. gaillardotii
									 (Boiss.) P.H.Davis & Parris; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(3) 429 (1975)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey  (S-Anatolia); Lebanon  (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon); Israel  (Rift Valley, N-Israel); Jordania
			34 ISR JOR LEB TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium gaillardotii   Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 3: 42 (1856)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. triumfettii
									 (Lacaita) Werner; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 70: 19 (1975)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Corsica; Italy; Sicily; San Marino
			12 COR 13 ITA SIC SMA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium creticum var. triumfettii Lacaita; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 25: 118 (1918)
= Cirsium triumfettii   Lacaita; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 25: 105 (1918)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium culebraense
										
										
									 Ackerf.; Capitulum 1(2): 7, figs. 3-5, photogrs. (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium cymosum
										
										
									 (Greene) J.T.Howell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30: 37 (1943)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Peregrine thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Nevada, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus cymosus   Greene; Fl. Francisc. 4: 480 (1897)
= Cirsium botrys   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 483 (1917)
= Cirsium triacanthum   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 481 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. canovirens
									 (Rydb.) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 212 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Graygreen thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus canovirens   Rydb.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 450 (1900)
= Cirsium canovirens   (Rydb.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 540 (1917)
= Cirsium canovirens   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1011 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium dasyphyllum
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 8 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium dealbatum
										
										
									 M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 560 (1819)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus
			33 NCS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium heterophyllum var. dealbatum (M.Bieb.) Schmalh.; (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium dipsacolepis
										
										
									 (Maxim.) Matsum.; Nippon Shokubutsumeii, ed. 2: 82 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus dipsacolepis   Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 497 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. calcicola
									 (Nakai) Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13 (Compos. Jap. 1): 82 (1937)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium calcicola   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: 148 (1921)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium discolor
										
										
									 (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 373 (1826)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Field thistle, chardon discolore
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan); USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
			71 CDN 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus discolor   (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 2: 180 (1818)
= Cirsium altissimum f. discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 547 (1894)
= Cirsium altissimum subsp. discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 404 (1917)
= Cirsium altissimum var. discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Fernald; Fl. Southington [Bissell & Andrews] 105 (1902)
= Cirsium discolor f. albiflorum House; Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 55 (1923)
= Cnicus altissimus f. albiflora Britton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 124 (1890)
= Cnicus altissimus var. discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 57 (1883)
= Cnicus discolor   Muhl. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1670 (1803)
= Serratula discolor   (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 6: 565 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium dissectum
										
										
									 (L.) Hill; Hort. Kew. [Hill] 63 (1768)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Englische Kratzdistel (DE), Meadow Thistle (EN)
			
			Distribution: England  (England, Wales, Scotland); Ireland  (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Norway; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany  (Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen); France; Channel Isl.  (Jersey)
			10 GRB IRE NOR 11 BGM GER NET 12 CIS FRA
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus anglicus   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 705 (1783)
= Carduus cirsium   Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 5 (1768), nom. inval.
= Carduus dissectus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 822 (1753)
= Carduus glomeratus   Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 2: 20 (1779)
= Carduus pratensis   Huds.; Fl. Angl. [Hudson], ed. 2: 353 (1778)
= Carduus semipinnatus   Desf. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 153 (1821)
= Carduus tuberosus   Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 3(1): 15 (1788), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium anglicum   (Lam.) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 4: 118 (1805)
= Cirsium anglicum f. aquaticum Brochon; CLXXIII (1893)
= Cirsium anglicum f. diversifolium (Brochon) Glück; Biol. Morphol. Untersuch. Wasser- Sumpfgewächse, Teil 3: 17 (1911)
= Cirsium anglicum f. submersum Glück; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 39(2): 394 (1923), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium anglicum f. succulentum Brochon; CLXXIII (1893)
= Cirsium anglicum f. terrestre Brochon; CLXXIII (1893)
= Cirsium anglicum f. terrestre Glück; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 39(2): 394 (1923), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium anglicum var. diversifolium Brochon; CLXXIII (1893)
= Cirsium anglicum var. pumilum (Vill.) Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 3 (Clav. Enum. Gen.): XXVII (1833)
= Cirsium britannicum   Scop.; Annus Hist.-Nat. 2: 60 (1769)
= Cirsium bulbosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 176 (1894)
= Cirsium lanceolatum   Hill; Herb. Brit. [Hill] 1: 80 (1769)
= Cirsium pratense   (Huds.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 417 (1916 publ. 1917)
= Cirsium spurium   (Hoffm.) Delastre; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 18: 149 (1842)
= Cirsium tuberosum proles anglicum (Lam.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 9: 59 (1905)
= Cirsium tuberosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Braun-Blanq.; Origin. Développem. Fl. Massif Centr. France 121 (1923)
= Cirsium tuberosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 1007 (1940)
= Cnicus anglicus   (Lam.) C.C.Gmel.; Fl. Bad. [C.C.Gmelin] 3: 372 (1808)
= Cnicus britannicus   Druce; Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1906: 222 (1906)
= Cnicus dentatus   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1672 (1803)
= Cnicus dissectus   (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1665 (1803)
= Cnicus pratensis   (Huds.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1672 (1803)
= Cnicus spurius   Hoffm.; Deutschl. Fl., Jahrgang 4 [Hoffmann] 128 (1804)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium domonii
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 33(1): 33 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium douglasii
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 643 (1838)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: California swamp thistle, Douglas´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus undulatus var. douglasii (DC.) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 360 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium breweri subsp. wrangelii Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 461 (1917)
= Cirsium breweri var. wrangelii Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 461 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. breweri
									 (A.Gray) D.J.Keil & C.E.Turner; Phytologia 73(4): 313 (1992)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Brewer´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Nevada, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus breweri   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1893)
= Cirsium breweri   (A.Gray) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 507 (1901)
= Cirsium breweri var. canescens Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Abt. 2: 462 (1917)
= Cirsium breweri var. glutinosum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 461 (1917)
= Cirsium breweri var. lanosissimum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 462 (1917)
= Cirsium douglasii var. canescens (Petr.) J.T.Howell; Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 11 (1959)
= Cnicus breweri   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 43 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium drummondii
										
										
									 Torr. &  A.Gray; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 2: 459 (1843)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Drummond´s or dwarf or short-stemmed thistle
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, N. W. T., Ontario, Saskatchewan); USA  (Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming)
			70 CDN 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus drummondii   (Torr. & A.Gray) Coville; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 142 (1892)
= Cirsium coccinatum   Osterh.; Torreya 34: 45 (1934)
= Cnicus drummondii   (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 40 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ducellieri
										
										
									 Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 15: 104 (1924)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco
			20 MOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium durangense
										
										
									 (Greenm.) G.B.Ownbey; Brittonia 20: 337 (1968)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Durango, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ochrocentrum var. durangense Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 40: 51 (1904)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium dyris
										
										
									 Jahand. &  Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 14: 71 (1923)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco
			20 MOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium eatonii
										
										
									 (A.Gray) B.L.Rob.; Rhodora 13: 240 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Mountaintop or Eaton´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Nevada, Utah)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus leiocarpus   A.Heller; Cat. N. Amer. Pl. 7 (1898)
= Cirsium eriocephalum var. leiocephalum D.C.Eaton; Botany (Fortieth Parallel): 196 (1871)
= Cnicus eatonii   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 56 (1883)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. clokeyi
									 (S.F.Blake) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 212 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Clokey or Spring Mountains or white-spine thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Nevada)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium clokeyi   S.F.Blake; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 51: 8 (1938)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. murdockii
									 S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 42: 200 (1982)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Northern mountain thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus polyphyllus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 542 (1910)
= Carduus tweedyi   Rydb.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 449 (1900)
= Cirsium murdockii   (S.L.Welsh) Cronquist; Intermount. Fl. [Cronquist et al.] 5: 404 (1994)
= Cirsium polyphyllum   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1007 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cirsium tweedyi   (Rydb.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1007 (1917) ex Petr.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium echinus
										
										
									 (M.Bieb.) Sch.Bip.; Linnaea 19: 335 (1846)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: European Turkey; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Nachichevan); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iran  (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan)
			13 TUE 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carlina echinus   M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 283 (1808)
= Cirsium carlinoides   (Schrank) B.Fedtsch.; Rastitel´n Turkest. [B.Fedtschenko] 754 (1915)
= Cirsium echinus   (M.Bieb.) Hand.-Mazz.; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 23: 197 (1909), isonym
= Cirsium scleranthum   M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 559 (1819)
= Cnicus carlinoides   Schrank; Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac., t. 11 (1817), nom. superfl.
= Cnicus echinus   (M.Bieb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 328 (1891)
= Echenais carlinoides   Cass.; Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 33 (1818), nom. superfl.
= Echenais nutans   Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 14: 171 (1819)
= Echenais sclerantha   (M.Bieb.) K.Koch; Linnaea 24: 404 (1851)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium edule
										
										
									 Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 420 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Hall´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Oregon, Washington)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus edulis   (Nutt.) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892), et Man. Bot. San Francisco 217 (1894)
= Carduus hallii   A.Heller; Cat. N. Amer. Pl. 7 (1898)
= Cirsium hallii   (A.Gray) M.E.Jones; Bull. Montana State Univ., Biol. Ser. 15: 47 (1910)
= Cnicus edulis   (Nutt.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 47 (1874)
= Cnicus hallii   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 56 (1883)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. macounii
									 (Greene) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 213 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Macoun´s thistle
			
			Distribution: Alaska; Canada  (British Columbia); USA  (Oregon, Washington)
			70 ASK 71 CDN 73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus macounii   Greene; Ottawa Naturalist 16: 38. 1902
= Cirsium macounii   (Greene) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1007 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. wenatchense
									 D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 213 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Wenatchee thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Washington)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ehrenbergii
										
										
									 Sch.Bip.; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] p. 312 (1856)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Guanajuaro, Morelos, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium elbrusense
										
										
									 Sommier & Levier; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 2: 16 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus
			33 NCS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium pubigerum var. elbrusense (Sommier & H.Lév.) Petr.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 2(1): 20 (1960)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium eliasianum
										
										
									 Kit Tan & Sorger; Pl. Syst. Evol. 154: 123, f. 1E (1986)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey  (NE-Anatolia)
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium engelmannii
										
										
									 Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1013 (1917)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Blackland or Engelmann´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas)
			74 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus filipendulus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 157 (1906)
= Cirsium altissimum var. filipendulum (Engelm.) A.Gray
= Cirsium terrae-nigrae   Shinners; Field & Lab. 17: 27 (1949)
= Cirsium virginianum var. filipendulum A.Gray; Manual [A.Gray], ed. 2: 233 (1856) not Lange 1861
= Cnicus altissimus var. filipendulus A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 57 (1883)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium eorythros
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 15 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Tamaulipas)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium eriophoroides
										
										
									 (Hook.f.) Petr.; Biblioth. Bot. 78: 9 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (SW-Sichuan, Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Bhutan; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim); Myanmar  (Kachin)
			36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium bolocephalum   Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 63: 107 (1926)
= Cirsium bolocephalum var. racemosum Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 63: 108 (1926)
= Cirsium bolocephalum var. setchwanicum Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 63: 108 (1926)
= Cnicus eriophoroides   Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3(8): 363 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium erisithales
										
										
									 (Jacq.) Scop.; Annus Hist.-Nat. 2: 62 (1769)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Klebrige Kratzdistel (DE)
			
			Distribution: Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Slovakia; Hungary; NE-Spain; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Belarus; Moldova; Ukraine
			11 AUT HUN POL SLO SWI 12 FRA SPA 13 ALB BIH CRO ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR MLD UKR
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus erisithales   Jacq.; Enum. Stirp. Vindob. 146, 279 (1762)
= Carduus hybridus   (Schleich.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 152 (1821)
= Carduus ochroleucus   Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 389 (1807)
= Cirsium erisithales subsp. glutinosum (Lam.) Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 189 (1829)
= Cirsium erisithales var. glutinosum Moritzi; Pfl. Schweiz [Moritzi] 403 (1832)
= Cirsium erisithales var. hybridum Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 191 (1829)
= Cirsium erisithales var. ochroleucum Moritzi; Pfl. Schweiz [Moritzi] 403 (1832)
= Cirsium flavescens   W.D.J.Koch; Taschenb. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. 292 (1843)
= Cirsium glutinosum   Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 2: 27 (1779)
= Cirsium parviflorum   Schleich. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 369 (1841)
= Cirsium scopolianum   Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 408 (1879)
= Cnicus ciliatus   Vitman; Summa Pl. 4: 447 (1790)
= Cnicus erisithales   (Jacq.) L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 2157 (1763)
= Cnicus glutinosus   (Lam.) Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 185 (1782), opus utique oppr.
= Cnicus hybridus   Schleich.; Cat. Pl. Helv., ed. 3: 12 (1815)
= Cnicus saanensis   Schltdl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 648 (1838)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium esculentum
										
										
									 (Siev.) C.A.Mey.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Ser. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6: 42 (1849)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-European Russia; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Siberia  (Altai, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia); Russian Far East  (Amur [I], Khabarovsk [I]); Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Nachichevan); Turkey; China  (Hebei, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, N-Xinjiang); Mongolia
			14 RUS UKR 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 TUR 36 CHI 37 MON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium acaule subsp. esculentum (Siev.) Werner; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 70(1): 19 (1975)
= Cirsium acaule var. gmelinii (Spreng.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 652 (1837)
= Cirsium acaule var. sibiricum Ledeb.
= Cirsium esculentum var. acaule C.A.Mey.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Ser. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6: 43 (1849)
= Cirsium esculentum var. acaule Trautv.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(2): 377 (1866)
= Cirsium esculentum var. caulescens C.A.Mey.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Ser. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6: 44 (1849)
= Cirsium esculentum var. sibericum C.A.Mey.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Ser. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6: 43 (1849)
= Cirsium gmelinii   (Spreng.) Tausch; Flora 11(3, 1. Ergänzungsbl.): 482 (1828)
= Cirsium rhodoleucanthum   Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 1: 453 (1849)
= Cnicus esculentus   Siev.; Neueste Nord. Beytr. Phys. Geogr. Erd- Völkerbeschreib. 3: 362 (1796)
= Cnicus gmelinii   Spreng.; Hist. Rei Herb. 2: 270 (1808)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium excelsius
										
										
									 (Greene) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 222 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (San Luis Potosi)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus excelsior   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 364 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus potosinus   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 364 (1892 publ. 1893), nom. superfl.
= Cnicus excelsior   (Greene) B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 27: 179 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium falconeri
										
										
									 (Hook.f.) Petr.; Biblioth. Bot. 78: 9 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Pakistan  (Chitral, Swat); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Darjeeling, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim); Myanmar
			40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus falconeri   Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 363 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. horrida
									 (Hook.f.) Aswal & Goel; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 12(1): 12 (1988)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Meghalaya, Uttarakhand)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium involucratum var. horridum (Hook.f.) N.P.Balakr.; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: 175 (1982)
= Cnicus horridus   (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke; Compos. Ind. 220 (1876)
= Cnicus involucratus var. horridus Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 362 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium fangii
										
										
									 Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44 (1111-1114): 48-50 (1938)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium fanjingshanense
										
										
									 C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(5): 394, pl. 1, f. 3 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guizhou)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium fargesii
										
										
									 (Franch.) Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(5): 627 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus fargesii   Franch.; J. Bot. [Morot] 11(2): 22 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium faucium
										
										
									 Petr.; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 58: 231 (1955)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (México State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium fauriei
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 322 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ferum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 149 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium filipendulum
										
										
									 Lange; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 2, 2: 92 (1861)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: N-Portugal; N-Spain; SW-France
			12 FRA POR SPA
			
				Remarks: tuberosum agg.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium anglicum subsp. filipendulum (Lange) R.C.V.Douin; Fl. Ill. France 6: 33 (1923)
= Cirsium bulbosum   Willk.; Flora 34: 760 (1851), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium filipendulum subsp. grumosum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Franco; Nov. Fl. Portugal, ed. 2: 448, 570 (1984)
= Cirsium filipendulum var. ramosum Merino; Contr. Fl. Galicia 140 (1897)
= Cirsium grumosum   (Hoffmanns. & Link) Willk. & Lange; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 2: 199 (1865)
= Cirsium tuberosum proles filipendulum (Lange) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 9: 57 (1905)
= Cirsium tuberosum subsp. filipendulum (Lange) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 1008 (1940)
= Cnicus grumosus   Hoffmanns. & Link; Fl. Portug. [Hoffmannsegg] 2: 196 (1820)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium flavisquamatum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 26(1-2): 16 (1974)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nepal; India  (Sikkim)
			40 IND NEP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium flodmanii
										
										
									 (Rydb.) Arthur; Torreya 12: 34 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Prairie or Flodman´s thistle, chardon de Flodman
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan); USA  (Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
			71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus flodmanii   Rydb.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 451 (1900)
= Carduus oblanceolatus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 510 (1901)
= Cirsium flodmanii f. albiflorum D.Löve; Rhodora 55: 362 (1953)
= Cirsium flodmanii f. oblanceolatum (Rydb.) D.Löve & J.-P.Bernard; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 450 (1959)
= Cirsium nebraskense var. discissum Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 301 (1912)
= Cirsium oblanceolatum   (Rydb.) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 29, pt. 1: 566 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium foliosum
										
										
									 (Hook.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 654 (1838)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Leafy or foliose or elk thistle
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Alberta, British Columbia, N. W. T., Yukon); USA  (Wyoming)
			70 CDN 71 CDN 73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus foliosus   Hook.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Hooker] 1: 303 (1833)
= Cnicus foliosus   (Hook.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 40 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium fontinale
										
										
									 (Greene) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 505 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Fountain thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus fontinalis   (Greene) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892), et Man. Bot. San Francisco 216 (1894)
= Cnicus fontinalis   Greene; Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2(6): 151 (1886)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. campylon
									 (H.Sharsm.) Pilz ex D.J.Keil & C.E.Turner; Phytologia 73(4): 313 (1992)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Mt. Hamilton thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium campylon   Sharsm.; Madroño 5: 85 (1939)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. obispoense
									 J.T.Howell; Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 71 (1938)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Chorro Creek bog thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium forrestii
										
										
									 (Diels) H.Lév.; Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 41 (1916)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China
			36 CHI
			
				Remarks: not a synonym of C. henryi fide Jin et al. 2021
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus forrestii   Diels; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5(25): 196-197 (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium funagataense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 37(1): 31 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium funkiae
										
										
									 Ackerf.; Capitulum 1(2): 8, figs. 3-4, 6, photogrs. (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium furusei
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 147 (1952)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium fuscotrichum
										
										
									 C.C.Chang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 161 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium gaditanum
										
										
									 Talavera & Valdés; Lagascalia 5(2): 186 (1976)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-Spain
			12 SPA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium pyrenaicum subsp. gaditanum (Talavera & Valdés) Talavera & Valdés; Herb. Univ. Hispalensis Fl. Selecta Cent. 1: 34 (1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ganjuense
										
										
									 Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13 (Compos. Jap. 1): 125 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium glaberrimum
										
										
									 (Petr.) Petr.; Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 109: 170 (1972)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan; Iran  (NE-Iran: Mts.)
			32 KAZ 34 IRN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium apiculatum subsp. glaberrimum Petr.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 60: 460 (1910)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium glabrum
										
										
									 DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 5: 463 (1815)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: NE-Spain  (Pyrénées); SW-France
			12 FRA SPA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium grahamii
										
										
									 A.Gray; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 102 (1853)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Graham´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sonora, Zacatecas)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus grahamii   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium undulatum var. grahamii (A.Gray) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. (Abt. 2) 27: 247 (1910)
= Cnicus grahamii   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 57 (1883)
= Cnicus undulatus var. grahamii (A.Gray) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 43 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium grandirosuliferum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 21(1): 13 (1995)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium gratiosum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 39 (1933)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium grayanum
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 360 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus kamtschaticus var. grayanus Maxim.; (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium greimleri
										
										
									 Bureš; Preslia 90(2): 118 (2018)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria
			11 AUT
			
			
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium griseum
										
										
									 (Rydb.) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 29(1): 566 (1903)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus griseus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 509 (1901)
= Carduus modestus   Osterh.; Muhlenbergia 9: 54 (1913)
= Carduus oreophilus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 509 (1901)
= Cirsium modestum   (Osterh.) Cockerell; Univ. Colorado Stud. 11: 219 (1915), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium oreophilum   (Rydb.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1009, 1068 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. osterhoutii
									 (Rydb.) Ackerf. &  D.J.Keil; J. Syst. Evol. 58: 905 (2020)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Osterhout´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus araneosus   Osterh.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 612 (1905)
= Carduus osterhoutii   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 131 (1905)
= Cirsium araneans   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1006 (1917)
= Cirsium clavatum var. osterhoutii (Rydb.) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 212 (2004)
= Cirsium osterhoutii   (Rydb.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 554 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium guanwuense
										
										
									 S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 6: 565 (2023)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium gyojanum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 31 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hachijoense
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 620 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Izu Isl.)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hachimantaiense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 30(3): 120 (2004)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hagurosanense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 40(2): 89 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium handelii
										
										
									 Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 63: 110 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Sichuan, Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium happoense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 21(1): 17 (1995)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium harrisonii
										
										
									 (S.L.Welsh) Ackerf. &  D.J.Keil; J. Syst. Evol. 58(6): 905 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Utah)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium eatonii var. harrisonii S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 42(2): 200 (1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hasunumae
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 37(1): 34 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium heiianum
										
										
									 Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 114 (1919)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium albrechtii   (Maxim.) Kudô; Jap. J. Bot. 2: 281 (1925)
= Cirsium ruderale   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 621 (1932)
= Cnicus buergeri var. albrechtii Maxim.; (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium heliorhaphis
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 16 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Durango)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium henryi
										
										
									 (Franch.) Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(5): 627 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (W-Hubei)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium melanolepis   Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45 (1131-1137): 48-50 (1938)
= Cnicus henryi   Franch.; J. Bot. [Morot] 11: 21 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hesperium
										
										
									 (Eastw.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1007 (1917) ex Petr.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Tall mountain thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus hesperius   (Eastw.) A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 6 (1900)
= Carduus hookerianus var. hesperius (Eastw.) A.Nelson; New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. 585 (1909)
= Cirsium eatonii var. hesperium (Eastw.) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 212 (2004)
= Cnicus hesperius   Eastw.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 3, Bot. 1: 122 (1898)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium heterophyllum
										
										
									 (L.) Hill; Hort. Kew. [Hill] 64 (1768)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Verschiedenblättrige Kratzdistel (DE), Melancholy Thistle (EN)
			
			Distribution: Iceland [I]; England  (N-England, N-Wales, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Isl., Shetland Isl.); Ireland  (NW-Ireland, Northern Ireland [I]); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Belgium; Germany  (Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hessen [I], +Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen [I], Nordrhein-Westfalen [I], +Schleswig-Holstein, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; N-Spain; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; NW-European Russia; Ukraine; Siberia  (Altai, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Northern Caucasus; Greenland
			10 DEN FIN GRB ice IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER POL SLO SWI 12 FRA SPA 13 CRO ITA KOS MNT ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR EST LAT LIT RUS UKR 30 SIB 33 NCS 70 GNL
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ambiguus   (All.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 389 (1807)
= Carduus helenifolius   Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 185 (1796)
= Carduus heterophyllus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 824 (1753)
= Carduus polymorphus   Lapeyr.; Hist. & Mém. Roy. Acad. Sci. Toulouse 1: 217, t. 19, 20 (1782), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium helenioides   All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 152 (1785), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium heterophyllum subf. angustisectum (Huter) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 6(2): 887 (1928)
= Cirsium heterophyllum var. diversifolium Wimm.; Fl. Schles. [Wimmer] 232 (1840)
= Cirsium heterophyllum var. incisum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 653 (1838)
= Cirsium heterophyllum var. integrifolium M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 360 (1852)
= Cirsium heterophyllum var. integrifolium Wimm.; Fl. Schles. [Wimmer] 232 (1840)
= Cirsium heterophyllum var. obskiense Lomon.; Turczaninowia 4(1-2): 77 (2001)
= Cirsium mielichhoferi   Saut.; Flora 28: 130 (1845)
= Cirsium pauciflorum   W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 395 (1837)
= Cirsium ×carolorum   C.Jenner ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 407 (1879)
= Cnicus ambiguus   Loisel.; Fl. Gall. [Loiseleur] 540 (1807)
= Cnicus heterophyllus   (L.) Retz.; Fl. Scand. Prodr. ed. 2, 191 (1795)
= Cnicus heterophyllus   (L.) Roth; Catal. Bot. 1: 114 (1797)
= Cynara diversifolia   Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 146 (1812)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium heterotrichum
										
										
									 Pančić; Elem. Fl. Bulg. 42 (1883)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Serbia; Kosovo; Albania; Bulgaria
			13 ALB BUL KOS SRB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hidakamontanum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 25(3): 95 (1999)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hida-paludosum
										
										
									 Kadota & Nagase; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 14(1): 13 (1988)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium homolepis
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 534 (1930)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hookerianum
										
										
									 Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 418 (1840), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Hooker´s or white thistle
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Alberta, British Columbia); USA  (Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming)
			71 CDN 73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus discolor   Hook.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Hooker] 1: 302 (1833) non Nutt. 1818
= Carduus hookerianus   (Nutt.) A.Heller; Cat. N. Amer. Pl. 7 (1898)
= Carduus kelseyi   Rydb.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 449 (1900)
= Cirsium kelseyi   (Rydb.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1006 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cnicus hookerianus   (Nutt.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 46 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium horiianum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 31(1): 36 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium horridulum
										
										
									 Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 90 (1803)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Horrid thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico  (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Quintana Roo); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Bahamas
			75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON 81 BAH
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus horridulus   (Michx.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 390 (1807)
= Carduus horridulus var. elliottii Torr. & A.Gray
= Carduus spinosissimus var. elliottii (Torr. & A.Gray) Porter; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 345 (1894)
= Carduus spinosissimus   Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 194 (1788), non Cirsium spinosissimum (L.) Scop. 1772
= Cirsium chrismarii   (Klatt) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 215 (1910)
= Cirsium horridulum f. atropurpureum Moldenke; Phytologia 26(4): 224 (1973)
= Cirsium horridulum f. elliottii (Torr. & A.Gray) Fernald; Rhodora 45: 353 (1943)
= Cirsium horridulum subsp. chrismarii (Petr.) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 58 (1911)
= Cirsium horridulum subsp. megacephalum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 384 (1917)
= Cirsium horridulum var. elliottii Torr. & A.Gray; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 2: 460 (1843)
= Cnicus chrismarii   Klatt; Leopoldina 25: 108 (1889)
= Cnicus horridulus   (Michx.) Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 2: 507 (1813)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. megacanthum
									 (Nutt.) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 214 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Bigspine thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas)
			74 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium megacanthum   Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 421 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. vittatum
									 (Small) R.W.Long; Rhodora 72: 45 (1970)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Florida thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina); Bahamas
			78 USA 81 BAH
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus pinetorum   Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 1308 (1903)
= Carduus smallii   (Britton) H.E.Ahles; J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 173 (1964)
= Carduus vittatus   Small; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 439 (1905)
= Cirsium pinetorum   (Small) Small; Fl. Miami [Small] 199 (1913), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium smallii   Britton; Bahama Fl. [Britton & Millspaugh] 458 (1920)
= Cirsium vittatum   (Small) Small; Fl. Miami [Small] 199 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hupingshanicum
										
										
									 Z.C.Jin & Y.S.Chen; Phytotaxa 544(1): 95 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hunan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hydrophilum
										
										
									 (Greene) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 507 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Suisun thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California: Solano Co.)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus hydrophilus   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 358 (1892 publ. 1893), et Man. Bot. San Francisco 218 (1894)
= Cirsium vaseyi var. hydrophilum (Greene) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 458 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. vaseyi
									 (A.Gray) J.T.Howell; Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 11 (1959)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Mount Tamalpais or Vasey´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus vaseyi   (A.Gray) A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 61 (1904)
= Cirsium montigenum   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 454 (1917)
= Cirsium vaseyi   (A.Gray) Jeps.; Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1165 (1925)
= Cnicus breweri var. vaseyi A.Gray; Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 404 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hygrophilum
										
										
									 Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 89 (1849)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Azerbaijan  (Nachichevan); Iraq  (NE-Iraq); Iran  (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan)
			33 AZE NCS 34 IRN IRQ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hygropodum
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2021-69: 3 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Durango, Nayarit)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium hypoleucum
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 645 (1838)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: ?Croatia; European Turkey; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Turkey  (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, W-Anatolia)
			13 TUE 33 ARM GEO 34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium wiedemannii   Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.; Index Sem. (St. Petersburg [Petropolitanus]) 6: 48 (1840)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium imbricatum
										
										
									 (B.L.Rob. &  Greenm.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 223 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Oaxaca)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus imbricatus   B.L.Rob. ex Greenm.; Amer. J. Sci., Ser. 3, 1: 159 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium inamoenum
										
										
									 (Greene) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 214 (2004)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Greene´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus inamoenus   Greene; Fl. Francisc. 4: 479 (1897)
= Carduus undulatus var. nevadensis Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 361 (1893), non C. nevadensis Greene 1896, non Cirsium nevadense (Greene) Petr. 1917
= Cirsium subniveum   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1006, 1068 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. davisii
									 (Cronquist) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 214 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Davis´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium davisii   Cronquist; Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 46 (1950)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium inundatum
										
										
									 Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 19: 154 (1905)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ishizuchiense
										
										
									 (Kitam.) Kadota; Mem. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 32: 132 (2000)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Shikoku)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium tenue var. ishizuchiense Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 1: 104 (1937)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ito-kojianum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 34(1): 32 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium jaliscoense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 16 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Jalisco)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium japonicum
										
										
									 Fisch. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 642 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Poland [I]; China  (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, S-Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Nei Mongol, NE-Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea  (incl. Cheju Isl.); Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Taiwan; Vietnam
			11 pol 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO TAI 41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Alfredia japonica   (Fisch. ex DC.) Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 185 (1866)
= Carduus eriophorus   Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 305 (1784), nom. illeg.
= Carduus japonicus   (Fisch. ex DC.) Franch.; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 6: 571 (1883)
= Cirsium belingshanicum   Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 63: 110 (1926)
= Cirsium bodinieri   (Vaniot) H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12(317-321): 189 (1913)
= Cirsium cerberus   (Vaniot) H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12(317-321): 189 (1913)
= Cirsium hainanense   Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 33: 167 (1943)
= Cirsium ibukiense   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 623 (1932)
= Cirsium japonicum f. albiflorum Akasawa; Bull. Kochi Women´s Univ., Ser. Nat. Sci. 25: 5 (1977)
= Cirsium japonicum f. albiflorum G.Y.Li & D.Y.Ou; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 30(8): 1702 (2010)
= Cirsium japonicum f. fukienense (Kitam.) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 179 (1990)
= Cirsium japonicum f. nakaianum (H.Lév. & Vaniot) W.Lee; Lineam. Fl. Koreae 1130 (1996)
= Cirsium japonicum var. australe Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 12 (1931)
= Cirsium japonicum var. fukienense Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1(2): 149 (1932)
= Cirsium japonicum var. horridum Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 59 (1911)
= Cirsium japonicum var. ibukinense Nakai ex Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 66 (1937)
= Cirsium japonicum var. intermedium (Maxim.) Matsum.; Index Pl. Jap. [J.Matsumura] 2: 640 (1912)
= Cirsium japonicum var. kiusianum (Nakai) Nemoto; Fl. Japan. [Makino & Nemoto], Suppl. 761 (1936)
= Cirsium japonicum var. littorale (Maxim.) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 177 (1990)
= Cirsium japonicum var. nakaianum Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 1: 12 (1931)
= Cirsium japonicum var. takaoense Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1(1): 57-58 (1932)
= Cirsium japonicum var. villosum Kadota; Fl. Jap. [Iwatsuki et al., eds.] 3b: 135 (1995)
= Cirsium japonicum var. vulkani Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 59 (1911)
= Cirsium kawakamii   Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 159-161 (1911)
= Cirsium kitagoense   Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 25: 134 (1950)
= Cirsium kiusianum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 366 (1912)
= Cirsium laciniatum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 376 (1912)
= Cirsium lacinulatum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 622 (1932)
= Cirsium littorale   Maxim.; Prim. Fl. Amur. 173-174 (1859)
= Cirsium maackii var. horridum (Nakai) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 375 (1912)
= Cirsium maackii var. intermedium (Maxim.) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 376 (1912)
= Cirsium maackii var. kiusianum (Nakai) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 624 (1932)
= Cirsium maackii var. nakaianum (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Nakai; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 31: 109 (1911)
= Cirsium maackii var. taquetii Nakai; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 31: 109 (1911)
= Cirsium maackii var. vulcani Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 376 (1912)
= Cirsium nakaianum   (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 378 (1912)
= Cirsium senile   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 623 (1932)
= Cirsium smithianum   Petr.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 175 (1943)
= Cirsium taquetii   (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 373 (1912)
= Cirsium xanthacanthum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 619 (1932)
= Cnicus bodinieri   Vaniot; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 12: 121 (1903)
= Cnicus cerberus   Vaniot; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 12: 120 (1903)
= Cnicus japonicus   (Fisch. ex DC.) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19(5): 503-504 (1874)
= Cnicus japonicus var. intermedius Maxim.; Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 9: 325-326 (1873)
= Cnicus nakaianus   H.Lév. & Vaniot; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 168 (1910)
= Cnicus taquetii   H.Lév. & Vaniot; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 168 (1910)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. diabolicum
									 (Kitam.) Kadota; Fl. Jap. [Iwatsuki et al., eds.] 3b: 134 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium diabolicum   Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 6 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. maritimum
									 Konta & Katsuy.; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 31(4): 142 (2005)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. vestitum
									 Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 11 (1931)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus maackii var. koraiensis Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23(268): 99 (1909)
= Cirsium japonicum var. okiense H.Koyama & Murata; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 37(4-6): 188 (1986)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium joannae
										
										
									 S.L.Welsh, N.D.Atwood & L.C.Higgins; Utah Fl., ed. 3: 168 (2003)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Joanna´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Utah)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium jorullense
										
										
									 (Kunth) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 376 (1826)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. jorullense
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Morelos, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium jorullense subsp. enjorullense Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 59 (1911)
= Cirsium jorullense var. glabrescens Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 60 (1911)
= Cirsium jorullense var. pilosum Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 59 (1911)
= Cirsium oxylepis   Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 60 (1911)
= Cnicus jorullensis   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.], ed. fol. 4: 17 (1818)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. lanosum
									 Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 60 (1911)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Valle de Mexico)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium kagamontanum
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 375 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium buergeri var. sparsum Nakai; (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium kamtschaticum
										
										
									 Ledeb. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 644 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Kamchatka thistle
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Kamchatka, Kuril Isl., Sakhalin); Japan  (Hokkaido); Aleutes
			31 RFE 38 JAP 70 ASK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium boreale   Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 2 (1931). 2 (1931)
= Cirsium kamtschaticum subsp. weyrichii (Maxim.) Vorosch.; Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh S.S.S.R. [A.K.Skvortsov] 198 (1985)
= Cirsium korsakoviense   H.Lév. & Vaniot; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 102 (1909)
= Cirsium weyrichii   Maxim.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 174 (1859)
= Cnicus kamtschaticus   Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 495 (1874)
= Cnicus korsakoviensis   H.Lév. & Vaniot; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 168 (1910)
= Cnicus weyrichii   (Maxim.) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 495 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium kasaianum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 37(1): 38 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium katoanum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 33(1): 35 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium kenji-horieanum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 39(3): 118 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium kirishimense
										
										
									 Kadota & Mas.Saito; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 34(4): 136 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium kisoense
										
										
									 (T.Yamaz. &  K.Asano) Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(1): 48 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium norikurense var. kisoense T.Yamaz. & K.Asano; J. Jap. Bot. 40: 5 (1965)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium komarovii
										
										
									 Schischk.; Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 24: 420 (1939)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. komarovii
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Siberia  (Altai); Kazakhstan
			30 SIB 32 KAZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. schischkinii
									 (Serg.) Zhirova; Fl. Sibir. (Asterac.) 13: 219 (1997 publ. 1998)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Siberia  (Altai, Tuva)
			30 SIB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium schischkinii   Serg.; Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1941(2): 5 (1941)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium kubikialpicola
										
										
									 Kadota; J. Jap. Bot. 96(3): 132 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium kubikialpicola f. albiflorum Kadota; J. Jap. Bot. 96(3): 133 (2021)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium kujuense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 34(4): 140 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium lappoides
										
										
									 (Less.) Sch.Bip.; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 312 (1856)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Puebla, Morelos, Oaxaca)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus lappoides   Less.; Linnaea 5: 129 (1830)
= Cirsium liebmannii   (Klatt) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27 (Abt. 2): 227 (1910)
= Cnicus lappoides   (Less.) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 251 (1881)
= Cnicus liebmannii   Klatt; Leopoldina 24: 128 (1888)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium latifolium
										
										
									 Lowe; Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 28 (1831)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Madeira  (Madeira Isl.)
			21 MDR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus latifolius   Banks ex Lowe; Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 28 (1831)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium lecontei
										
										
									 Torr. &  A.Gray; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 2: 458 (1843)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Black or Le Conte´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)
			78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus lecontei   (Torr. & A.Gray) Pollard; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 157 (1897)
= Cirsium virginianum   (Hook.) Hook.; Compan. Bot. Mag. t. (1835) 4
= Cnicus lecontei   (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 39 (1874)
= Cnicus virginianus   Hook.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 48 (1835)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium leducii
										
										
									 (Franch.) H.Lév.; Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 41 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Vietnam
			36 CHI 41 VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium lineare f. subintegrifolium Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 275-276 (1938)
= Cnicus leducii   Franch.; J. Bot. [Morot] 11: 23 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium leo
										
										
									 Nakai & Kitag.; Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo, Sect. IV, 1 (Pl. Nov. Jehol.) 60 (1934)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium chienii   C.C.Chang; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 160 (1936)
= Cirsium leo var. angustilobum Y.Ling
= Cirsium pinnatibracteatum   Y.Ling; Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 3: 148 (1935)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium leucopsis
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 644 (1838)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey  (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia)
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium libanoticum
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 647 (1838)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. libanoticum
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkmenistan; Turkey  (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq); Iran  (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Lebanon  (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon); Syria  (C-Syrian Desert, NW-Syria)
			32 TKM 34 IRN IRQ LEB SYR TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium apiculatum   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 642 (1838)
= Cirsium kotschyanum   Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 103 (1846)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. arachnoideum
									 P.H.Davis & Parris; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(3): 419 (1975)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey; Syria
			34 SYR TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. lycaonicum
									 (Boiss. &  Heldr.) P.H.Davis & Parris; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(3): 419 (1975)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey; ?Iran
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium lycaonicum   Boiss. & Heldr.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 90 (1849)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium lidaoense
										
										
									 S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 7: 564 (2024)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium limophilum
										
										
									 Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 61 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Veracruz, Puebla)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium lineare
										
										
									 (Thunb.) Sch.Bip.; Linnaea 19: 335 (1847)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (S-Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, S-Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, NE-Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Taiwan; NE-India  (Assam); Myanmar; E-Thailand; Vietnam
			36 CHI 38 JAP KOR TAI 40 IND 41 MYA THA VIE
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus linearis   Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 305 (1784), et Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 726
= Cirsium buergeri var. chanroenicum Nakai; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 31: 47 (1911)
= Cirsium chanroenicum   (Nakai) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 368 (1912)
= Cirsium coreanum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 372 (1912)
= Cirsium hupehense   Pamp.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 18(1): 86-87 (1911)
= Cirsium lineare f. albidum Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 182 (1990)
= Cirsium lineare f. discolor Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 181 (1990)
= Cirsium lineare f. foliosum Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 672 (1932)
= Cirsium lineare f. oreithales (Hance) H.Koyama; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 32(1-4): 63 (1981)
= Cirsium lineare f. pallidum Kitam.; J. Jap. Bot. 20(4): 199 (1944)
= Cirsium lineare f. tomentosum Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 280 (1938)
= Cirsium lineare f. viride Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 280 (1938)
= Cirsium lineare var. discolor Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 62 (1932)
= Cirsium lineare var. franchetii Kitam.; J. Jap. Bot. 20(4): 198-199 (1944)
= Cirsium lineare var. latifolium H.C.Fu; Fl. Intramongol. 6: 328 (1982)
= Cirsium lineare var. pallidum (Kitam.) Y.Ling; Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 6: 102 (1949)
= Cirsium lineare var. salicifolium Y.Ling; Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 6: 100 (1949)
= Cirsium lineare var. tsoongianum (Y.Ling) Y.Ling; Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 6: 102 (1949)
= Cirsium moekchangense   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 9 (1915)
= Cirsium oreithales   Hance; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 2: 944 (1852)
= Cirsium sinense   C.B.Clarke; Compos. Ind. 219 (1876)
= Cirsium toraiense   Nakai ex Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 31 (1936)
= Cirsium tsoongianum   Y.Ling; Contr. Bot. Surv. N. W. China 1(2): 36 (1939)
= Cirsium uninerve   Nakai; Enum. Pl. Corea 355 (1922), nomen
= Cirsium uninervium   (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 627 (cum syn.) (1932)
= Cirsium vlassovianum var. lineare (Thunb.) C.Y.Li; Fl. Liaoningica 2: 574 (1992)
= Cnicus chanroenicus   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 187 (1909)
= Cnicus linearis   (Thunb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 261 (1873)
= Cnicus sinensis   C.B.Clarke; Compos. Ind. 219 (1876)
= Cnicus uninervius   H.Lév. & Vaniot; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 169 (1910)
= Spanioptilon lineare   (Thunb.) Less.; Syn. Gen. Compos. 10 (1832)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium lipskyi
										
										
									 Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 197 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (SW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Bhutan; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim)
			36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium interpositum   Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 283-285 (1938)
= Cnicus griffithii   Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3(8): 363 (1881) (non Boiss. (1875))
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium lomatolepis
										
										
									 (Hemsl.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 28 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, México State, Morelos, Puebla)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus linearifolius   (S.Watson) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cnicus linearifolius   S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 143 (1891)
= Cnicus lomatolepis   Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 251 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium longepedunculatum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 6 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium longistylum
										
										
									 J.W.Moore & Frankton; Canad. J. Bot. 41: 1562 (1963)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Long-style thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Montana)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium lucens
										
										
									 Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 14 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. bracteosum
									 S.Imae & S.Watan.; J. Jap. Bot. 51(5): 159 (1976)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium luzoniense
										
										
									 Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 399 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Philippines  (Luzon)
			42 PHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium maackii
										
										
									 Maxim.; Prim. Fl. Amur. 172-173 (1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: North Korea; South Korea
			38 KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium asperum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 618 (1912)
= Cirsium japonicum subsp. maackii (Maxim.) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 99 (1909)
= Cirsium japonicum var. amurense Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 12 (1931)
= Cirsium japonicum var. maackii (Maxim.) Matsum.; Index Pl. Jap. [J.Matsumura] 2: 641 (1912)
= Cirsium japonicum var. spinossimum (Kitam.) Kitam.; J. Jap. Bot. 20: 198 (1944)
= Cirsium japonicum var. ussuriense (Regel) Kitam.; J. Jap. Bot. 20(4): 198 (1944)
= Cirsium littorale var. ussuriense Regel; Tent. Fl. Ussur. 102 (1861)
= Cirsium maackii f. albiflora W.Wang & C.Y.Li; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15(3): 331-332 (1995)
= Cirsium maackii f. koraiense (Nakai) Nakai; Fl. Kor. 2: 47 (1911)
= Cirsium maackii var. kiusianum Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 624 (1932)
= Cirsium maackii var. koraiense (Nakai) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26(312): 375 (1912)
= Cirsium maackii var. nakaii (H.Lév.) Nakai ex T.Mori; Enum. Pl. Corea 354 (1922)
= Cirsium maackii var. spinosissimum Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 63 (1937)
= Cnicus japonicum var. maackii (Maxim.) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19: 506 (1874)
= Cnicus maackii   (Maxim.) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 99 (1909)
= Cnicus maackii var. koreiensis Nakai
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium macvaughii
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 20 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Jalisco)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium magdalenense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 18 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Baja California Sur)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium magofukui
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 6 (1934)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium maritimum
										
										
									 Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 249 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium markaguntense
										
										
									 (S.L.Welsh) Ackerf. &  D.J.Keil; J. Syst. Evol. 58(6): 905 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Utah)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium clavatum var. markaguntense S.L.Welsh; Utah Fl., ed. 3: 168 (2003)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium maruyamanum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 20 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium masami-saitoanum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 32(2): 86 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium matsumurae
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 362 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium matsumurae var. pubescens Kitam.
= Cirsium hokkokuense   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 5 (1934), in obs.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. dubium
									 Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13 (Compos. Jap. 1): 124 (1937)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium mexicanum
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 636 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Colombia  (Chocó)
			79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 cub his pue 82 CLM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus mexicanus   (DC.) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus mexicanus   Moric. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 637 (1838)
= Cirsium costaricense   (Pol.) Klatt ex T.Durand & Pittier; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31: 214 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium costaricense   Klatt ex T.Durand & Piit.; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 214 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium mexicanum var. bracteatum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27 (Abt. 2): 231 (1910)
= Cirsium portoricense   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 237 (1910)
= Cnicus costaricensis   Polak.; Linnaea 12: 581 (1879)
= Cnicus mexicanus   (DC.) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 251 (1881)
= Cnicus portoricensis   Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 329 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium michiliense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 21 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Durango)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium microspicatum
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 535 (1930)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. kiotoense
									 Kitam.; (1931)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. yechizenense
									 Kitam.; (1937)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium mimbresense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 20 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Durango)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena. Known only from type
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium mohavense
										
										
									 (Greene) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 68 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Mojave thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah); Mexico  (Baja California Norte)
			76 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus mohavensis   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 361 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus rusbyi   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 361 (1892)
= Cirsium mohavense   (Greene) Davidson & Moxley; Fl. S. Calif. [Davidson & Moxley] 438 (1923) ex Petr.
= Cirsium rusbyi   (Greene) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 559 (1917)
= Cirsium virginensis   S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 42(2): 201 (1982)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium mollissimum
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 10 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Coahuila, Chihuahua)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium monocephalum
										
										
									 (Vaniot) H.Lév.; Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 41 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Chongqing, S-Gansu, Guizhou, SW-Hubei, S-Shaanxi, S-Shanxi, Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium cavaleriei   (H.Lév.) H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12(317-321): 189 (1913)
= Cirsium provostii f. subulatum Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44(111-1114): 53-54 (1938)
= Cirsium provostii var. monocephalum (Vaniot) Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44 (1111-1114): 52 (1938)
= Cirsium provostii var. oleracioides Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44 (1111-1114): 52-53 (1938)
= Cirsium provostii var. racemosum Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44 (1111-1114): 54-55 (1938)
= Cirsium provostii var. spinosum Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44 (1111-1114): 54 (1938)
= Cnicus cavaleriei   H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11(301-303): 496 (1913)
= Cnicus monocephalus   Vaniot; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 12: 122 (1903)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium monspessulanum
										
										
									 (L.) Hill; Hort. Kew. [Hill] 63 (1768), All. Fl. Pedem. 1: 152
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Montpellier-Kratzdistel (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; NE-Spain; Andorra; France; Italy
			11 ger 12 ADO FRA SPA 13 ITA
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus monspessulanus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 822 (1753)
= Cirsium bulbosum   Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 2: 22 (1779)
= Cirsium compactum   Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 2: 24 (1779)
= Cirsium monspessulanum var. compactum Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 43 (1904)
= Cirsium monspessulanum var. laxum Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 43 (1904)
= Cirsium montanum   Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 131 (1899)
= Cirsium pratense   DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 4: 113 (1805)
= Cnicus monspessulanus   (L.) Roth; Ann. Bot. [Usteri] 8: 9 (1794)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium muliense
										
										
									 C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(5): 393 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (SW-Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium muramatsui
										
										
									 Kadota; J. Jap. Bot. 96(3): 138 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium muticum
										
										
									 Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 89 (1803)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Swamp Thistle
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Québec, Saskatchewan); St. Pierre et Miquelon; USA  (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio., Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
			71 CDN 72 CDN SPM 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus glaber   Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 2: 129 (1818), non DC. 1805 (fide Alford 2024)
= Carduus muticus   (Michx.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 386 (1807)
= Carduus muticus var. albiflorus Farw.; Asa Gray Bull. 3: 22 (1895)
= Carduus muticus var. subpinnatifidus Britton; Ill. Fl. N. U.S. [Britton & Brown] 3: 489 (1898)
= Cirsium bigelowii   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 652 (1838)
= Cirsium muticum f. lactiflorum Fernald; Rhodora 35: 369 (1933)
= Cirsium muticum f. subpinnatifidum (Britton) Fernald; Rhodora 45: 353 (1943)
= Cirsium muticum var. monticola (Fernald) Fernald; Rhodora 9: 28 (1907)
= Cirsium muticum var. subpinnatifidum (Britton) Fernald; Rhodora 10: 95 (1908)
= Cnicus glaber   (Nutt.) Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 2: 270 (1824) (fide Alford 2024)
= Cnicus muticus   (Michx.) Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 2: 268 (1823)
= Cnicus muticus var. alpicola Britton & A.Brown; Ill. Fl. N. U.S. [Britton & Brown], ed. 2, 3: 553 (1913)
= Cnicus muticus var. monticola Fernald; Ottawa Naturalist 19: 166 (1905)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium myokoense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(1): 41 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nagatoense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(4): 190 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nagisoense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(1): 44 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nambuense
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 365 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nanhutashanense
										
										
									 S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 4: 338 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium nanhutashanense var. hopingense S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 5: 501 (2022)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nasuense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 37(1): 41 (2011)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium neomexicanum
										
										
									 A.Gray; Pl. Wright. [A.Gray] 2: 101 (1853)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Desert or New Mexico thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Sonora)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus neomexicanus   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus nevadensis   Greene; Pittonia 3: 26 (1896)
= Cirsium arcuum   A.Nelson; Amer. J. Bot. 25: I 18 (1938)
= Cirsium humboldtense   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1007 (1917)
= Cirsium mohavense subsp. utahense Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 471 (1917)
= Cirsium neomexicanum subsp. bakeri Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 468 (1917)
= Cirsium neomexicanum var. utahense (Petr.) S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 43(2): 251 (1983)
= Cirsium nevadense   (Greene) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 552 (1917), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium undulatum var. albescens D.C.Eaton; Botany (Fortieth Parallel) 194 (1871)
= Cirsium utahense   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 470 (1917)
= Cirsium wallowense   M.Peck; Madroño 5: 247 (1940)
= Cnicus neomexicanus   (A.Gray) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 45 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nigriceps
										
										
									 Standl. &  Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 258 (1947)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas); Guatemala
			79 MEX 80 GUA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nippoense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 30(2): 64 (2004)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nipponicum
										
										
									 (Maxim.) Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 19: 155 (1905)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Korea; Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP KOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium abukumense   Kadota; Mem. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 96 (1996)
= Cirsium makinoi   Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 40(2): 74 (2014), nom. nov.
= Cirsium makinoi var. abukumense (Kadota) Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 40(2): 78 (2014)
= Cirsium matsushimense   Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 16 (1931)
= Cirsium nipponicum f. lanuginosum (Nakai) Kitam.
= Cirsium nipponicum var. alpestre Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 25: 1 (1971)
= Cirsium nipponicum var. amplexicaule (Nakai) Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 109 (1937)
= Cirsium nipponicum var. lanuginosum Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 621 (1932)
= Cirsium nipponicum var. sendaicum (Nakai) Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 108 (1937)
= Cirsium pseudopendulum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 61 (1911)
= Cirsium sendaicum var. amplexicaule Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 628 (1932)
= Cnicus nipponicus   Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19: 496 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. incomptum
									 (Maxim.) Kadota; Fl. Jap. [Iwatsuki et al., eds.] 3b: 142 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium comosum   (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.; Index Pl. Jap. [J.Matsumura] 2: tt. 639 (1912)
= Cirsium incomptum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 368 (1912)
= Cirsium ovalifolium   (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.; Index Pl. Jap. [J.Matsumura] 2(2): 641 (1912)
= Cirsium tanakae   (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.; Nippon Shokubutsumeii, ed. 2: 83 (1895)
= Cirsium tonense   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 625 (1932)
= Cnicus comosus   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 409 (1877)
= Cnicus incomptus   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 410 (1877)
= Cnicus ovalifolius   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 412 (1877)
= Cnicus suffultus var. incomptus Maxim.; (1874)
= Cnicus tanakae   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 411 (1877)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. sadoense
									 T.Yamaz.; J. Jap. Bot. 64(2): 49 (1989)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. shikokianum
									 (Kitam.) Kitam. ex Kitam. &  Murata; (1957)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium yoshinoi var. shikokianum Kitam.; (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. shiroumense
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 21(1): 25 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium makinoi var. shiroumense (Kadota) Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 40(2): 78 (2014)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. yoshinoi
									 (Nakai) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 17: 5 (1957)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium inflatum   Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 8 (1931)
= Cirsium tristissimum   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 42 (1933)
= Cirsium yoshinoi   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 263 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nivale
										
										
									 (Kunth) Sch.Bip.; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 312 (1856)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus nivalis   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.], ed. fol. 4: 28 (1818)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium norikurense
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 322 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium norikurense var. integrifolium Kitam.; (1933)
= Cirsium kurobense   Honda; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 44 (1931)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium notorhaphis
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 14 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Puebla, Oaxaca)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium nuttalii
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 651 (1838)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Nuttall´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
			77 USA 78 USA
			
				Remarks: according to Alford (2024) not a replacement name for Carduus glaber Nutt.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus nuttallii   (DC.) Pollard; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 157 (1897)
= Carduus virginianus   Bosc ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 651 (1838), nom. inval.
= Cnicus nuttallii   (DC.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 41 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium oblongifolium
										
										
									 K.Koch; Linnaea 17: 41 (1843)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Georgia [Caucasus]
			33 GEO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium obvallatum
										
										
									 (M.Bieb.) M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 559 (1819)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Nachichevan); Turkey  (NE-Anatolia); Iran  (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan)
			33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus obvallatus   (M.Bieb.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 153 (1821)
= Carduus obvallatus   M.Bieb. ex Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 842 (1809)
= Cnicus obvallatus   M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 279 (1808)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium occidentale
										
										
									 (Nutt.) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 509 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Cobwebby thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus californicus var. bernardinus Parish; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 241 (1907)
= Carduus occidentalis   Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 418 (1840)
= Carduus occidentalis var. candidissimus H.M.Hall; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 240 (1907)
= Carduus occidentalis var. coulteri H.M.Hall; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 239 (1907)
= Cnicus lilacinus   Greene; Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 404 (1887)
= Cnicus neglectus   Parish ex Greene; Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 404 (1887)
= Cnicus occidentalis   (Nutt.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 45 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. californicum
									 (A.Gray) D.J.Keil & C.E.Turner; Phytologia 73: 315 (1992)
								
								
		
			
				Name: California thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California); Mexico  (Baja California Norte)
			76 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus bernardinus   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 361 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus californicus   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 359 (1892) in obs., et Man. Bot. San Francisco 217 (1894)
= Cirsium bernardinum   (Greene) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 68 (1911)
= Cirsium bernardinum   Davidson & Moxley; Fl. S. Calif. [Davidson & Moxley] 438 (1923)
= Cirsium bernardinum subsp. pseudoreglense Petr.
= Cirsium californicum   A.Gray; Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5, no. 4), Bot. [Whipple]: 112 (1857)
= Cirsium californicum subsp. pseudoreglense Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 479 (1917)
= Cirsium californicum var. bernardinum (Greene) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 477 (1917)
= Cirsium californicum var. pseudoreglense Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 480 (1917)
= Cnicus californicus   (A.Gray) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 46 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. candidissimum
									 (Greene) J.F.Macbr.; Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 22 (1918)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Snowy thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Nevada, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus candidissimus   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 359 (1892)
= Cirsium candidissimum   (Greene) A.Davidson & Moxley; Fl. S. Calif. [Davidson & Moxley] 438 (1923)
= Cirsium occidentale subsp. candidissimum (Greene) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 67 (1911)
= Cirsium pastoris   J.T.Howell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30: 38 (1943), in adnot.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. compactum
									 Hoover; Vasc. Pl. San Luis Obispo Co. 310 (1970)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Compact cobwebby thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
				Remarks: of conservation concern
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. coulteri
									 (Harv. &  A.Gray) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 509 (1901)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Coulter´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium coulteri   Harv. & A.Gray; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 110 (1849)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. lucianum
									 D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 214 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Cuesta Ridge thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
				Remarks: of conservation concern
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. venustum
									 (Greene) Jeps.; Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1167 (1925)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Venus thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Nevada)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus venustus   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 359 (1892), et Man. Bot. San Francisco 218 (1894)
= Cirsium coulteri   Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 508 (1901) non Harv. & A. Gray
= Cirsium occidentale subsp. venustum (Greene) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 493 (1917)
= Cirsium proteanum   J.T.Howell; Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 14 (1959)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium occidentalinipponense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 23(3): 115 (1997)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ochrocentrum
										
										
									 A.Gray; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 110 (1849)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Yellowspine thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora, Zacatecas)
			73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ochrocentrus   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus undulatus var. ochrocentrus (A.Gray) Rydb.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 510 (1896)
= Cirsium ochrocentrum var. townsendii Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 420 (1917)
= Cnicus ochrocentrus   (A.Gray) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 57 (1883)
= Cnicus undulatus var. ochrocentrus (A.Gray) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 43 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. martinii
									 (Barlow-Irick) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 215 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Martin´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Durango)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ochrocentrum subsp. martinii Barlow-Irick; Novon 9: 320, fig. 2 (1999)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ohminense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 32(2): 96 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium oleraceum
										
										
									 (L.) Scop.; Annus Hist.-Nat. 2. 61 (1769)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Kohl-Kratzdistel, Kohldistel (DE)
			
			Distribution: Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland [I]; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; N-Spain; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania; Bulgaria; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; NW-European Russia  (incl. Kaliningrad region); Moldova; Ukraine; Siberia  (Altai, Krasnoyarsk [I], W-Siberia); Kazakhstan
			10 DEN fin NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 FRA SPA 13 BIH BUL CRO ITA KOS MNT ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR EST LAT LIT MLD RUS UKR 30 SIB 32 KAZ
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus acanthifolius   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 703 (1785)
= Carduus oleraceus   (L.) Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 3: 21 (1788)
= Carduus rigens   Godr.; Fl. Lorraine 2: 40 (1843)
= Cirsium lachenalii   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 648 (1838), pro syn.
= Cirsium oleraceum f. angustisectum (Murr ex Dalla Torre & Sarnth.) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 6(2): 900 (1928)
= Cirsium oleraceum f. integrifolium Gugler ex Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 759 (1914)
= Cirsium oleraceum var. angustisectum Murr ex Dalla Torre & Sarnth.; Fl. Tirol [Dalla Torre & Sarnthein] 6(3): 633 (1911)
= Cirsium oleraceum var. cordatoovatum Bogenh.; Taschenb. Fl. Jena 259 (1850)
= Cirsium oleraceum var. dissectum Peterm.; Flora 27: 487 (1844)
= Cirsium oleraceum var. heterophyllum Bogenh.; Taschenb. Fl. Jena 259 (1850)
= Cirsium oleraceum var. integrifolium Wender.; Fl. Hassiaca [Wenderoth] 281 (1846)
= Cirsium oleraceum var. pinnatifidum Wender.; Fl. Hassiaca [Wenderoth] 281 (1846)
= Cirsium oleraceum var. vulgare Bogenh.; Taschenb. Fl. Jena 259 (1850)
= Cirsium pallens   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 647 (1838)
= Cirsium parviflorum   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 647 (1838)
= Cirsium rigens   (Willd.) Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 3: 38 (1822), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium subalatum   Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 180 (1829)
= Cirsium thomasii   Nägeli; Cirs. Schweiz 93 (1840)
= Cirsium variabile   Moench; Methodus [Moench] 558 (1794), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium  ×rigens var. laevigatum Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 186 (1829)
= Cnicus bracteatus   Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 184 (1782), opus utique oppr.
= Cnicus oleraceus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 826 (1753)
= Cnicus pratensis   Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 2: 14 (1779)
= Cnicus rigens   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1675 (1803)
= Cynara colorata   Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 148 (1812)
= Onotrophe oleracea   (L.) Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 36: 146 (1825)
= Serratula oleracea   (L.) Neck.; Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 2: 465 (1770)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium oligophyllum
										
										
									 (Franch. &  Sav.) Matsum.; Nippon Shokubutsumeii, ed. 2: 82 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium autumnale   Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 20 (1931)
= Cnicus oligophyllus   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 412 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. nikkoense
									 (Nakai) Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 29: 126 (1978)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus nikkoensis   Nakai ex Matsum.; Icon. Pl. Koisikav. 1: 45 (1912)
= Cirsium nikkoense   Nakai ex Matsum. & Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 163 (1910)
= Cirsium japonicum subsp. nikkoense (Nakai ex Matsum. & Koidz.) Nakai; (1911)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium opacum
										
										
									 (Kitam.) Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 32(2): 99 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium lucens var. opacum Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 19: 179 (1963)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium orizabense
										
										
									 Klatt; Leopoldina 24: (1888) 128 in syn.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus orizabensis   Klatt; Leopoldina 24: 128 (1888)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium otayae
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 8 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium babanum var. otayae (Kitam.) Kitam.; (1937)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ownbeyi
										
										
									 S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 42(2): 200 (1982)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Ownbey´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pablillo
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 9 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Nuevo León)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pacificum
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 17 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium palustre
										
										
									 (L.) Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 128 (1771)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Sumpf-Kratzdistel (DE), Marsh Thistle (EN)
			
			Distribution: Faeroe Isl.; England  (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Isl., Shetland Isl., Isles of Scilly); Ireland  (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; France; Channel Isl.  (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark); Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Albania; Romania; S-European Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; NW-European Russia  (incl. Kaliningrad region); Moldova; Ukraine; ?Morocco; ?Algeria; Azores [I]  (Flores Isl. [I]); Siberia  (Altai, W-Siberia); New Zealand [I]; Canada [I]  (British Columbia [I], Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Québec [I]); St. Pierre et Miquelon [I]; USA [I]  (Massachusetts [I], Michigan [I], New Hampshire [I], New York [I], Wisconsin [I])
			10 DEN FIN FOR GRB IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO CIS FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BIH CRO ITA KOS MNT ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR EST LAT LIT MLD RUS UKR 21 azo 30 SIB 51 nzl 71 cdn 72 cdn spm 74 usa 75 usa
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus acanthoides   Hornem.; Fl. Dan. [Oeder et al.] t. 1341 (1808), nom. illeg.
= Carduus altissimus   Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 186 (1782), opus utique oppr.
= Carduus chailletii   (Gaudin) Godr.; Fl. Lorraine 2: 42 (1843)
= Carduus laciniatus   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 706 (1783)
= Carduus palustris   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 822 (1753)
= Cirsium chailletii   Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 182 (1829)
= Cirsium elodes var. viride (Velen.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(1): 181 (1889)
= Cirsium kochianum   Loehr; Flora 25: 111 (1842)
= Cirsium lacteum   Schleich. ex W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 394 (1821)
= Cirsium palustre subsp. transmontanum Cout.; Fl. Portugal, ed. 2: 766 (1939), nom. inval.
= Cirsium palustre var. albiflorum Kabath; Fl. Umgegend Gleiwitz 166 (1846)
= Cirsium palustre var. canescens J.J.Schmitz & Regel; Fl. Bonn. 270 (1841)
= Cirsium palustre var. chailletii (Gaudin) Garcke; Fl. Halle [Garcke] 257 (1848)
= Cirsium palustre var. cristatus Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 438 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Cirsium palustre var. mitius Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 438 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Cirsium palustre var. pallidum Iverus; Bot. Not. 1875: 81 (1875)
= Cirsium palustre var. seminudum Neilr.; Fl. Wien 261 (1846)
= Cirsium palustre var. spinosissimum Neilr.; Fl. Wien 261 (1846), nom. inval.
= Cirsium palustre var. spinosissimum Willk.; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 2: 190 (1865)
= Cirsium palustre var. torfaceum Gren. & Godr.; Fl. France [Grenier] 2: 214 (1850)
= Cirsium palustre var. torphaceum Gren. & Godr.; Fl. France [Grenier] 2: 212 (1850), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium palustre var. viride (Velen.) Stoj. & Stef.; Fl. Bulg. 2: 1165 (1925)
= Cirsium palustriforme   Dalla Torre & Sarnth.; Fl. Tirol [Dalla Torre & Sarnthein] 6(3): 622 (1912)
= Cirsium parviflorum   Lange ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 409 (1879)
= Cirsium subalpinum   Schleich. ex Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 15: 73 (1853), nom. inval.
= Cnicus palustris   (L.) Willd.; Fl. Berol. Prodr. 260 (1787)
= Cnicus semipectinatus   Thom. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 389 (1841)
= Cynara palustris   (L.) Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 154 (1812)
= Onotrophe palustris   (L.) Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 36: 146 (1825)
= Polyacantha palustris   (L.) Hill; Herb. Brit. [Hill] 1: 70 (1769)
= Polycantha palustris   (L.) Hill; Hort. Kew. [Hill] 59 (1768)
= Serratula palustris   (L.) Neck.; Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 2: 465 (1770)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium pannonicum
										
										
									 (L.f.) Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 229 (1822)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pannonische Kratzdistel (DE)
			
			Distribution: Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; N-Spain; N-Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania; Bulgaria; Belarus; C-European Russia; Moldova; Ukraine
			11 AUT CZE HUN POL SLO SWI 12 SPA 13 BIH BUL CRO ITA KOS MNT ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR MLD RUS UKR
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus pannonicus   L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 348 (1782)
= Carduus serratuloides   (Scop.) Jacq.; Fl. Austriac. [Jacquin] 2: 127 (1774)
= Cirsium canum subsp. pannonicum (L.f.) Stoj. & Stef.; Fl. Bulg. [Stojanov & Stefanoff] 1166 (1925)
= Cirsium dollinerii   Sch.Bip. ex Hausm.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 8: 373 (1858)
= Cirsium pannonicum var. legionense Camara; Anales Estac. Exp. Aula Dei 3: 344 (1955)
= Cirsium pseudocanum   Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 421 421 (1866)
= Cirsium pseudooleraceum   Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 423 (1866)
= Cirsium serratuloides   Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 127 (1771)
= Cirsium subsagittatum   Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 421 (1866)
= Cirsium zugazae   Losa & P.Monts.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 10: 468 (1952)
= Cnicus asiaticus   Siev.; Neueste Nord. Beytr. Phys. Geogr. Erd- Völkerbeschreib. 7: 350 (1796)
= Cnicus pannonicus   (L.f.) Host; Fl. Austriac. [Host] 2: 444 (1831), isonym
= Cnicus pannonicus   (L.f.) Vest; Man. Bot. [Vest] 186 (1805)
= Serratula pannonica   (L.f.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 389 (1826)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium parryi
										
										
									 (A.Gray) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 68 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Parry thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus gilensis   Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 195 (1913)
= Carduus inornatus   Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 195 (1913)
= Carduus pallidus   Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 195 (1913)
= Carduus parryi   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus viridiflorus   Greene; New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. 585 (1909)
= Cirsium gilense   (Wooton & Standl.) Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 751 (1915)
= Cirsium inornatum   (Wooton & Standl.) Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 751 (1915)
= Cirsium pallidum   (Wooton & Standl.) Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 751 (1915)
= Cirsium parryi subsp. mogollonicum Schaack & Goodwin; Madroño 37(4): 300 (1990 publ. 1991)
= Cirsium parryi subsp. viridiflorum (Greene) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 323 (1917)
= Cnicus parryi   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 47 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pascuarense
										
										
									 (Kunth) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 372 (1826)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus pascuarensis   Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.], ed. fol. 4: 22, t. 310 (1818)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium peckii
										
										
									 L.F.Hend.; Madroño 5: 97 (1939)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Steens Mountain or ghost thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Nevada, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium eatonii var. peckii (L.F.Hend.) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 212 (2004)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pectinellum
										
										
									 A.Gray; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 6: 395 (1858 publ. 1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Kuril Isl., Sakhalin); Japan  (Hokkaido)
			31 RFE 38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium kamtschaticum subsp. pectinellum (A.Gray) Kitam.; (1957)
= Cirsium mamiyanum   Koidz.; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 27: Art. 13, 124 (1910)
= Cirsium modestum   Miyabe & Kudô; Fl. Saghalin, No. 339 (1915)
= Cirsium pectinellum var. angustilobum Nakai; (1932)
= Cirsium pectinellum var. fallax Nakai; (1932)
= Cirsium pectinellum var. modestum Nakai
= Cnicus pectinellus   (A.Gray) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 494 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pendulum
										
										
									 Fisch. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 650 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Siberia  (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk); Russian Far East  (Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye); China  (SE-Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi, WC-Yunnan); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu)
			30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 37 MON 38 JAP KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium falcatum   Turcz. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 650 (1837)
= Cirsium hilgendorfii   (Franch. & Sav.) Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 19: 298 (1905)
= Cirsium provosti   (Franch.) Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 51 (1938)
= Cnicus hilgendorfi   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 410 (1878)
= Cnicus pendulus   (Fisch. ex DC.) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19(5): 510 (1874)
= Cnicus provosti   Franch.; J. Bot. [Morot] 11: 23 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pengii
										
										
									 Y.H.Tseng, P.C.Liao & Chih Y.Chang; Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 66-8: 17 (2025)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium periacanthaceum
										
										
									 C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(5): 396, pl. 1, f. 4 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium perplexans
										
										
									 (Rydb.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 441 (1917)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Adobe Hills thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus americanus var. perplexans A.Nelson; New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. 585 (1909)
= Carduus arvensis var. albiflorus Farw.; Asa Gray Bull. 3: 22 (1895)
= Carduus perplexans   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 132 (1905)
= Carduus vernalis   Osterh.; Muhlenbergia 7: 12 (1911)
= Cirsium vernale   (Osterh.) Cockerell; Univ. Colorado Stud. 9: 78 (1912)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium phulchokiense
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 26(1-2): 16 (1974)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Nepal; India  (Sikkim)
			40 IND NEP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pinetorum
										
										
									 Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 41: 267 (1905)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium acantholepis var. pinetorum (Greenm.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27, pt. 2: 212 (1910)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pitcheri
										
										
									 (Torr. ex Eaton) Torr. &  A.Gray; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 2: 456 (1843)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Dune or sand-dune thistle
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Ontario); USA  (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin)
			72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus pitcheri   (Torr. ex Eaton) Porter; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 345 (1894)
= Carduus pitcheri   (Torr. ex Eaton) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 284 (1841)
= Cirsium pitcheri f. magenteum E.G.Voss; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 23: 350 (2001)
= Cnicus pitcheri   Torr. ex Eaton; Man. Bot. [A.Eaton], ed. 5: 180 (1829)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pitouchaoense
										
										
									 S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 3: 236 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
				Remarks: provisionally accepted name
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium praeteriens
										
										
									 J.F.Macbr.; Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 19 (1918)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Palo Alto thistle
			
			Distribution: +USA  (+California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pringlei
										
										
									 (S.Watson) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 238 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus pringlei   (S.Watson) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 364 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cnicus pringlei   S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 156 (1890)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pseudocreticum
										
										
									 (P.H.Davis & Parris) Yıldız, Dirmenci & Arabacı; Türk. Bitkileri List. 144 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium alatum subsp. pseudocreticum P.H.Davis & Parris; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(3): 414 (1975)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pseudopersonata
										
										
									 Boiss. &  Balansa; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 3: 545 (1875)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. pseudopersonata
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey  (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia)
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. kusnezowianum
									 (Sommier & Levier) Petr.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 2(1): 33 (1960)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Turkey  (NE-Anatolia)
			33 GEO NCS 34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium kusnezowianum   Sommier & Levier; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 12: 155 (1892), et in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. It. Ser. 2, 2: 16 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pseudosuffultum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 32(2): 92 (2006)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Shikoku)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pubigerum
										
										
									 (Desf.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 650 (1838)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Turkey  (E-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, N-Iraq); Iran  (Iranian Aserbaijan)
			33 ARM GEO NCS 34 IRN IRQ TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium depilatum   Boiss. & Balansa; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 3: 543 (1875)
= Cirsium depilatum var. glomeratum Freyn & Sint.
= Cirsium hygrophiloides   Kharadze; Zametki Syst. Geogr. Rast. 22: 76 (1961)
= Cirsium pubigerum var. caniforme Petr.
= Cirsium pubigerum var. glomeratum (Freyn & Sint.) P.H.Davis & Parris; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(3): 430 (1975)
= Cirsium pubigerum var. paphlagonicum Petr.
= Cnicus pubigerus   Desf.; Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3 (Cat. Pl. Horti Paris.) 399 (1829)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. spinosum
									 Petr.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 2: 19 (1960)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey  (NE-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq); Iran  (Iranian Aserbaijan)
			34 IRN IRQ TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium iraqense   Petr.; Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 109: 168 (1973)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pulchellum
										
										
									 (Greene) Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 752 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Four Corners thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus bipinnatus   A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 5 (1900)
= Carduus diffusus   (Eastw.) A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 6 (1900)
= Carduus pulchellus   Greene ex Rydb.; Fl. Colorado [Rydberg] 400, 401 (1906)
= Carduus truncatus   Greene; Fl. Colorado [Rydberg] 400, 401 (1906)
= Cirsium arizonicum var. bipinnatum (Eastw.) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 209 (2004)
= Cirsium bipinnatum   (Eastw.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1010 (1917)
= Cirsium calcareum var. bipinnatum (Eastw.) S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 43(2): 249 (1983)
= Cirsium calcareum var. pulchellum (Greene ex Rydb.) S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 43(2): 249 (1983)
= Cirsium diffusum   (Eastw.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1010 (1917)
= Cirsium effusum   Matsum.; Index Pl. Jap. [J.Matsumura] 2(2): 639 (1912)
= Cirsium pulchellum subsp. bipinnatum (Eastw.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 513 (1917)
= Cirsium pulchellum subsp. diffusum (Eastw.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 514 (1917)
= Cirsium pulchellum var. glabrescens Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 511 (1917)
= Cnicus bipinnatus   (Eastw.) Eastw.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 1: 121 (1898)
= Cnicus diffusus   Eastw.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 3, Bot. 1: 121 (1898)
= Cnicus drummondii var. bipinnatus Eastw.; Zoe 4: 8 (1893)
= Cnicus effusus   Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19: 500 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium pulcherrimum
										
										
									 (Rydb.) K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 29(1): 566 (1903)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Wyoming thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming)
			73 USA 74 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus pulcherrimus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 510 (1901)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. aridum
									 (Dorn) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 215 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Cedar Rim thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Wyoming)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium aridum   Dorn; Vasc. Pl. Wyoming, ed. 2: 304 (1992)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pumilum
										
										
									 (Nutt.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 375 (1826)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Pasture thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia)
			75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus odoratus   Porter; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 345 (1894)
= Carduus pumilus   Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 2: 130 (1818) non Vill.
= Cirsium odoratum   (Muhl.) Britton; Ill. Fl. N. U.S. [Britton & Brown], ed. 2, 3: 552 (1913) ex Petr.
= Cirsium pumilum f. candidum Fernald; Rhodora 45: 354 (1943)
= Cirsium pumilum f. fultius Fernald; Rhodora 45: 354 (1943)
= Cnicus odoratus   (Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.; Prelim. Cat. 30 (1888)
= Cnicus pumilus   (Nutt.) Torr.; Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat. 282 (1826)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. hillii
									 (Canby) B.Boivin; Naturaliste Canad. 94: 646 (1972)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Hill´s thistle
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Ontario); USA  (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin)
			72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus hillii   (Canby) Porter; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 344 (1894)
= Cirsium hillii   (Canby) Fernald; Rhodora 10: 95 (1908)
= Cirsium hillii f. albiflorum E.G.Voss; Michigan Bot. 18(-1): 139 (1995 publ. 1996)
= Cirsium hillii   Fernald; Rhodora 10: 95 (1908)
= Cirsium pumilum f. albiflorum Scoggan; Fl. Canada 1: 52 (1978)
= Cirsium pumilum subsp. hillii (Canby) R.J.Moore & Frankton; Canad. J. Bot. 44: 588 (1966)
= Cnicus hillii   Canby; Gard. & Forest 4: 101 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium purpuratum
										
										
									 (Maxim.) Matsum.; Nippon Shokubutsumeii, ed. 2: 83 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus purpuratus   Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 491 (1879)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium pyrenaicum
										
										
									 (Jacq.) All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 151 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Portugal; Spain; France; Morocco
			12 FRA POR SPA 20 MOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus jacquinii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 152 (1821)
= Carduus paniculatus   Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 3: 143 (1789)
= Carduus pyrenaicus   Jacq.; Observ. Bot. [Jacquin] 4: 11, t. 95 (1771)
= Cirsium allionii   Thurm. ex Ardoino; Fl. Anal. Alpes-Mar. [Ardoino] 198 (1867)
= Cirsium flavispina   Boiss. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7: 305 (1838)
= Cirsium fulvispinum   Walp.Repert.Bot.Syst.; Walpers] 2: 676, sphalm
= Cirsium matritense   Lag. ex Cutanda; Fl. Comp. Madrid 409 (1861)
= Cirsium monspessulanum subsp. pyrenaicum (DC.) R.C.V.Douin; Fl. Ill. France 6: 32 (1923)
= Cirsium monspessulanum var. discolor Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 43 (1904)
= Cirsium monspessulanum var. pyrenaicum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 645 (1838)
= Cirsium paniculatum   Vahl ex Willk. & Lange; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 2: 186 (1865)
= Cirsium pyrenaicum   (Jacq.) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck] 4: 112 (1805)
= Cirsium pyrenaicum var. paniculatum (Vahl) Talavera & Valdés; Lagascalia 5: 179 (1976)
= Cnicus flavispinus   (Boiss. ex DC.) Ball; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 522 (1878)
= Cnicus pyrenaicus   (Jacq.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1664 (1803)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. longespinosum
									 (Kunze) Talavera & Valdés; Lagascalia 5(2): 177 (1976)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Portugal; S-Spain
			12 POR SPA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium castellanum   Willk.; Linnaea 30: 109 (1859 publ. 1860)
= Cirsium flavispina var. castellanum (Willk.) Lange; Pug. Pl. Hispan. 141 (1861)
= Cirsium flavispina var. longespinosum Kunze; Chlor. Austro-Hispan. 26 (1846)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. micranthum
									 Talavera & Valdés; Lagascalia 5(2): 180 (1976)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Spain
			12 SPA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium quercetorum
										
										
									 (A.Gray) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 507 (1901)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Brownie or Alameda Co. thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus quercetorum   (A.Gray) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892), et Man Bot. San Franc, Bay 218 (1894)
= Cirsium quercetorum var. campylolepis Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 362 (1917)
= Cirsium quercetorum var. mendocinum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 364 (1917)
= Cirsium quercetorum var. walkerianum (Petr.) Jeps.; Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1164 (1925)
= Cirsium quercetorum var. xerolepis Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 363 (1917)
= Cirsium walkerianum   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 405 (1917)
= Cnicus quercetorum   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 40 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium racemiforme
										
										
									 Y.Ling & C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(6): 445-446, pl. 1, f. 1 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (W-Fujian, NE-Guangxi, SW-Guizhou, SW-Hunan, NE-Jiangxi, SE-Yunnan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium radians
										
										
									 Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 77 (1841)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chiapas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras
			79 MEX 80 GUA HON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus radians   (Benth.) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 252 (1881)
= Cirsium guatemalense   S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 24: 442 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rassulovii
										
										
									 B.A.Sharipova; Izv. Akad. Nauk Tadzhiksk. S.S.R., Otd. Biol. Nauk 1(114): 66 (1989)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Tajikistan
			32 TZK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium remotifolium
										
										
									 (Hook.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 655 (1838)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Remote-leaved thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Oregon, Washington)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus remotifolius   Hook.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Hooker] 1: 302 (1833)
= Cirsium stenolepidum   Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 419 (1840)
= Cnicus remotifolius   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 47 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. odontolepis
									 Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 298 (1917)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Pacific fringed or fringe-scaled thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus callilepis   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 358 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium amblylepis   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 312 (1917)
= Cirsium americanum var. callilepis (Greene) Jeps.; Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1164 (1925)
= Cirsium callilepe   (Greene) Jeps.; Fl. W. Calif. [Jepson] 507 (1901)
= Cirsium callilepis var. oregonense (Petr.) J.T.Howell; Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 10 (1959)
= Cirsium callilepis var. pseudocarlinoides (Petr.) J.T.Howell; Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 10 (1959)
= Cirsium remotifolium subsp. oregonense Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 300 (1917)
= Cirsium remotifolium subsp. pseudocarlinoides Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Abt. 2: 297 (1917)
= Cirsium remotifolium var. oregonense Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 300 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. rivulare
									 Jeps.; Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 1164 (1925)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Klamath thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium acanthodontum   S.F.Blake; Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 28 (1918)
= Cirsium oreganum   Piper; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 32: 43 (1919)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rengehydrophilum
										
										
									 Kadota; J. Jap. Bot. 96(3): 135 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium repandum
										
										
									 Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 89 (1803)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Sand-hill or coastal-plain thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
			78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus repandus   (Michx.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 386 (1807)
= Carduus virginianus   Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 195 (1788) non L. 1753
= Cnicus repandus   (Michx.) Elliott; Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 2: 269 (1823)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rhabdotolepis
										
										
									 Petr.; Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada, n. s. 2: 49 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Armenia
			33 ARM
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rhaphilepis
										
										
									 (Hemsl.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 242 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Mexico Distr. Federal, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Mexico State, Morelos, Querétaro)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus rhaphilepis   (Hemsl.) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cnicus reglensis   Klatt; Leopoldina 24: 128 (1888)
= Cnicus rhaphilepis   Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 252 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rhinoceros
										
										
									 (H.Lév. &  Vaniot) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 364 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: South Korea
			38 KOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium rhinoceros f. albiflorum Sakata; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo 31: 116 (1952)
= Cirsium rhinoceros var. albiflorum Y.N.Lee; Korean J. Bot. 24: 29 (1981)
= Cnicus rhinoceros   H.Lév. & Vaniot; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 168 (1910)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rhizocephalum
										
										
									 C.A.Mey.; Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer [C.A. von Meyer] 70 (1831)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkmenistan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Nachichevan); Turkey  (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iran  (EC-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Wakhan, Bamyan, Ghazni, Ghorat, Kabul, Wardak, Parwan); Pakistan  (Chitral)
			32 TKM TZK 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG IRN TUR 40 PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium esculentum subsp. frickii (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Petr.
= Cirsium esculentum var. caucasicum C.A.Mey.; Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer [C.A. von Meyer] 70 (1831)
= Cirsium frickii   Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6: 47 (1849)
= Cirsium grumosum   Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6: 48 (1849)
= Cirsium rhizocephalum subsp. frickii (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Govaerts; World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 15 (1999)
= Cirsium rhizocephalum subsp. sinuatum (Boiss.) P.H.Davis & Parris; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(3): 430 (1975)
= Cirsium rhizocephalum var. caulescens Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 3: 542 (1875)
= Cirsium rhizocephalum var. sinuatum Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 3: 542 (1875)
= Cirsium sinuatum   Boiss. & Kotschy; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 3: 542 (1875)
= Cnicus rhizocephalus   (C.A.Mey.) Wright & Dewar; Johnson´s Gard. Dict. 224 (1894)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rhothophilum
										
										
									 S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 21: 336 (1931), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Surf thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus maritimus   Elmer; Bot. Gaz. 39: 45 (1905), not Cirsium maritimum Makino 1910
= Cirsium maritimum   (Elmer) Davidson & Moxley; Fl. S. Calif. [Davidson & Moxley] 438 (1923), isonym
= Cirsium maritimum   (Elmer) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(11): 288 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rivulare
										
										
									 (Jacq.) All.; Auct. Fl. Pedem. 10 (1789)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Bach-Kratzdistel (DE)
			
			Distribution: Sweden [I]; Germany  (Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen [I], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [I], Sachsen); Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; N-Spain; Andorra; France; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Albania; Romania; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; NW-European Russia  (incl. Kaliningrad region); Ukraine
			10 swe 11 AUT CZE GER HUN POL SLO SWI 12 ADO FRA SPA 13 ALB BIH CRO KOS MNT ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR LIT RUS UKR
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus erisithales   Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 2: 20 (1788) non Jacq. 1762
= Carduus pontederae   (Pollini) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 153 (1821)
= Carduus rivularis   Jacq.; Fl. Austriac. [Jacquin] 1: 57 (1773)
= Carduus salisburgensis   Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 388 (1807)
= Carduus semipectinatus   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 705 (1783)
= Carduus tricephalodes   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 704 (1783)
= Cirsium carniolicum   All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 149 (1785) non Scop. 1772
= Cirsium erisithales subsp. rivulare (Jacq.) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 176 (1894)
= Cirsium gracile   Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 422 (1866)
= Cirsium ledebourii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 368 (1841)
= Cirsium rivulare   (Jacq.) Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 301 (1822), isonym
= Cirsium rivulare f. integrifolium Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 761 (1914)
= Cirsium rivulare f. pseudintegrifolium Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 761 (1914)
= Cirsium rivulare f. salisburgense (Willd.) Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 761 (1914)
= Cirsium rivulare f. tomentellum B.Fleisch.; Herb. Norm. Sched. Cent. [Dörfler] 223 (1904)
= Cirsium rivulare var. ramosum M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 360 (1852)
= Cirsium rivulare var. salisburgense (Willd.) Asch.; Fl. Brandenburg 1(2): 358 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium rivulare var. submonocephalum Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 117 (1904)
= Cirsium salisburgense   (Willd.) G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 331 (1830)
= Cirsium semipectinatum   (Lam.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 378 (1826)
= Cirsium tricephalodes   (Lam.) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck] 4: 116 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium tricephalum   St.-Lag.; Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 122 (1880)
= Cnicus autareticus   Loisel.; Fl. Gall. [Loiseleur] 2: 541 (1807)
= Cnicus pontederae   Pollini; Giorn. Fis. Chim. Storia Nat. Med. Arti 9: 98 (1816)
= Cnicus rivularis   (Jacq.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1676 (1803)
= Cnicus rivularis var. multiflorus Uechtr.; Kleine Reis. Naturf. 263 (1820)
= Cnicus salisburgensis   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1675 (1803)
= Cnicus seminudus   Schleich. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 650 (1838)
= Cnicus semipectinatus   (Lam.) Hornem.; Hort. Bot. Hafn. [Hornemann], Suppl. 93 (1819)
= Serratula salisburgensis   (Willd.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 6: 564 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium roseolum
										
										
									 Gorl.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 74(12): 1783 (1989)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: S-European Russia; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine
			14 RUS UKR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rosulatum
										
										
									 Talavera & Valdés; Lagascalia 5(2): 154 (1976)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: SE-Spain  (Segura, Cazorla, Alcaraz)
			12 SPA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rupinarum
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 24 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chihuahua, Sonora)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium rydbergii
										
										
									 Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 315 (1917)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Rydberg´s or alcove thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Utah)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium lactucinum   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1010 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium sairamense
										
										
									 (C.Winkl.) O.Fedtsch. &  B.Fedtsch.; Consp. Fl. Turkestanicae [O.A.Fedchenko & B.A.Fedchenko] 4: 286 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China  (Xinjiang)
			32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium semenovii subsp. sairamense (C.Winkl.) Petr.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 61(9): 323 (1911)
= Cnicus sairamensis   C.Winkl.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9(2): 522-523 (1886)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium scapanolepis
										
										
									 Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 559 (1917)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado)
			73 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus spathulatus   Osterh.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 612 (1905)
= Cirsium spathulifolium   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1011, 1068 (1917), nom. superfl.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium scariosum
										
										
									 Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 420 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Meadow or elk thistle
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Alberta, British Columbia, Québec); USA  (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
			71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus butleri   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 542 (1910)
= Carduus drummondii var. acaulescens Coville; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 142 (1893)
= Carduus lacerus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 543 (1910)
= Carduus magnificus   A.Nelson; Bot. Gaz. 53: 228 (1912)
= Carduus scariosus   (Nutt.) A.Heller; Cat. N. Amer. Pl. 7 (1898)
= Cirsium butleri   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1009 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cirsium drummondii var. lanatum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 354 (1917)
= Cirsium foliosum var. minganense (Vict.) B.Boivin; Phytologia 23: 115 (1972)
= Cirsium hookerianum var. scariosum (Nutt.) B.Boivin; Phytologia 23(1): 116 (1972)
= Cirsium lacerum   (Rydb.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1010 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cirsium magnificum   (A.Nelson) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1010 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cirsium minganense f. album Vict. & J.Rousseau; Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 55 (1940)
= Cirsium minganense   Vict.; Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, Ser. 3, 19: 81 (1925)
= Cnicus scariosus   (Nutt.) A.Gray; Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 402 (1884)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. citrinum
									 (Petr.) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 215 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: La Graciosa thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California); Mexico  (Baja California Norte)
			76 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus validus   Greene; Fl. Francisc. 4: 479 (1897)
= Cirsium drummondii subsp. latisquamum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 358 (1917)
= Cirsium loncholepis   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 375 (1917)
= Cirsium quercetorum var. citrinum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 363 (1917)
= Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis (Petr.) D.J.Keil; Aliso 28: 57 (2010)
= Cirsium validum   (Greene) Ackerf. & D.J.Keil; J. Syst. Evol. 58: 905 (2020), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium vickifunkiae   U.B.Deshmukh & M.B.Shende; Feddes Repert. 133(2): 120 (2021), nom. nov. for C. validum (Greene) Ackerf. & D. J. Keil
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. robustum
									 D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 215 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Shasta Valley thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. thorneae
									 S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 42: 201 (1982)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Thorne´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. toiyabense
									 D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 216 (2004)
								
								
		
			
				Name: Toiyabe thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
			73 USA 76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium schantarense
										
										
									 Trautv. &  C.A.Mey.; Fl. Ochot. Phaenog. 1(2): 58 (1856)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Russian Far East  (Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin); China  (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning); North Korea; South Korea
			31 RFE 36 CHI 38 KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium diamantiacum   (Nakai) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 363 (1912)
= Cirsium fusenense   Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 16: 70 (1940)
= Cirsium litorale   Maxim.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 173 (1859)
= Cirsium litorale var. nudum Regel; Tent. Fl. Ussur. 95 (1861)
= Cirsium maackii var. spiniferum Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 624 (1932)
= Cirsium pendulum var. oligocephalum Regel & Tiling; Fl. Ajan. 107 (1859)
= Cirsium schantarense f. albiflorum Y.N.Lee; Fl. Korea [Lee] 1162 (1996), without type
= Cirsium zenii   Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 16: 71 (1940)
= Cnicus diamantiacus   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 99 (1909)
= Cnicus japonicus var. schantarensis (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19(5): 506-507 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium scopulorum
										
										
									 (Greene) Cockerell ex Daniels; Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 253 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Mountain or alpine thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus hookerianus var. eriocephalus (A.Gray) A.Nelson; New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. 585 (1909)
= Carduus scopulorum   Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 362 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium eatonii var. eriocephalum (A.Gray) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 1645 (2005)
= Cirsium eriocephalum   A.Gray; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 69 (1863 publ. 1864), nom. illeg.
= Cnicus eriocephalus   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 46 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium semenowii
										
										
									 Regel & Schmalh.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 40(3): 161 (1867)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China  (Xinjiang)
			32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Chamaepeuce macrantha var. bracteata Rupr.
= Cnicus semenowii   (Regel & Schmalh.) C.Winkl.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9(2): 523 (1886)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium senjoense
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 32 (1936)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium serratuloides
										
										
									 (L.) Hill; Hort. Kew. [Hill] 64 (1768)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany [I]; Siberia  (Altai, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Russian Far East  (Khabarovsk); Kazakhstan; China  (Xinjiang); Mongolia
			11 ger 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ 36 CHI 37 MON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus serratuloides   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 825 (1753)
= Cirsium asiaticum   Schischk.; Fl. Zapadnoi Sibiri 11: 2890 (1949)
= Cnicus serratuloides   (L.) Roth; Tent. Fl. Germ. 346 (1788)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium setidens
										
										
									 (Dunn) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 34: 54.(1920)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: North Korea; South Korea
			38 KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium chanroenicum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 368 (1912)
= Cirsium chanroenicum var. lanceolata Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 90 (1937)
= Cirsium chanroenicum var. pinnatifolium Y.N.Lee; Alp. Flow. Korea 409 (2000)
= Cirsium setidens f. albiflorum Y.N.Lee; Fl. Korea [Lee] 1163 (1996), without type
= Cirsium setidens f. lanceolatum (Kitam.) M.Kim; Korean Endemic Pl. 342 (2004)
= Cirsium setidens f. niveoaraneum (Kitam.) M.Kim; Korean Endemic Pl. 343 (2004)
= Cirsium setidens var. chanroenicum (Nakai) M.Kim; Korean Endemic Pl. 178 (2004)
= Cirsium setidens var. niveoaraneum Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 109 (1937)
= Cirsium setidens var. pinnatifolium Y.N.Lee; Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 4: 8 (2004)
= Saussurea setidens   Dunn; J. Bot. 45: 403 (1907)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium shansiense
										
										
									 Petr.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 176 (1943)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Anhui, Chongqing, SE-Fujian, S-Gansu, NE-Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, S-Hunan, NW-Jiangxi, Nei Mongol, E-Qinghai, S-Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); NE-Tibet; Bhutan; India  (Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Myanmar; ?Vietnam
			36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND 41 MYA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium chinense var. australe Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(5): 628 (1901)
= Cirsium lineare f. incisolobatum Kitam.; J. Jap. Bot. 20(4): 200 (1944)
= Cirsium lineare f. vestitum Kitam.; J. Jap. Bot. 20(4): 199 (1944)
= Cirsium lineare var. intermedium (Pamp.) Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 276-277 (1938)
= Cirsium lineare var. rigidum Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 274-275 (1938)
= Cirsium lineare var. spatulatum Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 277-278 (1938)
= Cirsium lineare var. tenii Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 278-279 (1938)
= Cirsium lineare var. yunnanense Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 (1107-1110): 277 (1938)
= Cirsium wallichii var. intermedium Pamp.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 18(1): 87-88 (1911)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium shidokimontanum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 28(3): 99 (2002)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium shihianum
										
										
									 Greuter; Fl. China 20-21: 175 (2011), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Xinjiang)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium tenuifolium   C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(6): 452-453, pl. 1, f. 4 (1984)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium shimae
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(3): 106 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium shinanense
										
										
									 Shimizu; Bull. Sugadaira Biol. Lab. 4: 4 (1971)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium sichuanense
										
										
									 Z.C.Jin & Y.S.Chen; Phytotaxa 576(2): 163 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Sichuan)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium sidi-guinii
										
										
									 Pau & Font Quer; Iter Marocc. [Font Quer], Exsicc. No. 458 [1930](1929)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Morocco
			20 MOR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium sieboldii
										
										
									 Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 184 (1866)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium austrokiushianum   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 30 (1936)
= Cirsium austrosatsumense   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 35, japonice (1936)
= Cirsium longipes   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 378 (1912)
= Cirsium paludigenum   Y.F.Lu, Z.H.Chen & X.F.Jin; J. Pl. Resource Environ. 30: 5 (2021)
= Cirsium reinii   (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.; Index Pl. Jap. [J.Matsumura] 2: 11. 642 (1912)
= Cirsium sieboldii subsp. austrokiushianum (Kitam.) Kitam.
= Cnicus reinii   Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 413 (1877)
= Cnicus sieboldii   (Miq.) Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 508 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium sieversii
										
										
									 (Fisch. &  C.A.Mey.) Petr.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 61(9): 324 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China  (Xinjiang); Mongolia
			32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 36 CHI 37 MON
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium polyacanthum   Kar. & Kir.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 450 (1841)
= Cirsium sieversii   (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sch.Bip.; Linnaea 19: 335 (1846) ex Petr.
= Echenais sieversii   Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Enum. Pl. Nov. [Fischer & Meyer] 1: 44 (1841)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium simplex
										
										
									 C.A.Mey.; Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer [C.A. von Meyer] 70 (1831)
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. simplex
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Turkey  (E-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia)
			33 ARM GEO NCS 34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. armenum
									 (DC.) Petr.; Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. 8: 63 (1914)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium armenum   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 647 (1838)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. satdaghense
									 P.H.Davis & Parris; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33(3): 420 (1975)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium skutchii
										
										
									 S.F.Blake; Brittonia 2: 357 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Guatemala
			80 GUA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium souliei
										
										
									 (Franch.) Mattf. ex Rehder & Kobuski; J. Arnold Arbor. 14(1): 42 (1933)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Gansu, S-Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan); Tibet; India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Chumbi)
			36 CHI TIB 40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus souliei   Franch.; J. Bot. [Morot] 11: 21 (1897)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium spicatum
										
										
									 (Maxim.) Matsum.; Nippon Shokubutsumeii, ed. 2: 83 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Shikoku, Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus spicatus   Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 501 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium spinosissimum
										
										
									 (L.) Scop.; Annus Hist.-Nat. 2. 62 (1769)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Alpen-Kratzdistel (DE)
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; France; Italy; Slovenia
			11 AUT GER LIE SWI 12 FRA 13 ITA SLV
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus comosus   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 703 (1783)
= Carduus glaber   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 152 (1821)
= Carduus spinosissimus   (L.) Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 3: 11 (1788)
= Carthamus involucratus   Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 2: 12 (1779)
= Cirsium caput-medusae   Schur ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 408 408 (1879)
= Cirsium spitzelii   Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 408 (1879)
= Cnicus purpureus   (All.) Bertol.; Fl. Ital. [Bertoloni] 9: 21 (1853)
= Cnicus spinosissimus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 826 (1753)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium spinosum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 19 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu, Amami Oshima)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium spinuliferum
										
										
									 (Kitam.) Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(1): 47 (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium kagamontanum var. spinuliferum Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 99 (1937)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium stojanovii
										
										
									 Kuzmanov; Sto Godini Stojanov 60 (1988)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bulgaria
			13 BUL
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium subcoriaceum
										
										
									 (Less.) Sch.Bip.; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 312 (1856)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Veracruz, Hidalgo, México State, Michoacan, Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
			79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus heterolepis   (Benth.) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Carduus subcoriaceus   Less.; Linnaea 5: 130 (1830)
= Cirsium heterolepis   Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 87 (1841)
= Cirsium maximum   Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 289 (1849)
= Cirsium pinnatisectum   (Klatt) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 236 (1910)
= Cirsium platycephalum   Benth. ex Oerst.; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 1, 2: 110 (1852)
= Cnicus cernuus   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 44 (1874)
= Cnicus heterolepis   (Benth.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 44 (1874)
= Cnicus pinnatisectus   Klatt; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35: 292 (1895)
= Cnicus subcoriaceus   (Less.) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 252 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium subinerme
										
										
									 Fisch. &  C.A.Mey.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 76: 55 (1849)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan  (incl. Nachichevan); Turkey
			33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium elodes var. indivisum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 642 (1838)
= Cirsium leucopsis var. indivisum C.A.Mey.; Cirs. Ruthen. 54 (1849)
= Cirsium leucopsis var. cinerascens C.A.Mey.; Cirs. Ruthen. 54 (1849)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium subuliforme
										
										
									 G.B.Ownbey; Phytologia 50(5): 321 (1982)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Ciudad de Mexico, Hidalgo, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium suffultum
										
										
									 (Maxim.) Matsum.; Index Pl. Jap. [J.Matsumura] 2: 642 (1912)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Shikoku, Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium kiushianum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 366 (1912)
= Cirsium ogatae   Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 116 (1919)
= Cirsium pexum   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 365 (1912)
= Cnicus pexus   (Maxim.) Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 410
= Cnicus suffultus   Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 19: 98 (1874)
= Cnicus suffultus var. pexus Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19: 204 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium suzukaense
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 13 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium suzukii
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 58 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium svaneticum
										
										
									 Sommier & Levier; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 2: 20 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]
			33 GEO NCS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium leucopsis var. caucasicum Sommier & H.Lév.; (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium swaticum
										
										
									 Petr.; Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 109: 167 (1973)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Pakistan  (Swat)
			40 PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium sychnosanthum
										
										
									 Petr.; Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. 8: 63 (1914)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia
			33 ARM GEO NCS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium taiwanense
										
										
									 Y.H.Tseng & Chih Y.Chang; PhytoKeys 183: 47, figs. 1C, 2C, 3C, 5, 6 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium takahashii
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 33(1): 40 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tamastoloniferum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 38(1): 2 (2012)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tancitaroense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 17 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Michoacan)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tanegashimense
										
										
									 Kitam. ex Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 30(2): 68 (2004)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tashiroi
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 14 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. hidaense
									 (Kitam.) Kadota; Fl. Jap. [Iwatsuki et al., eds.] 3b: 125 (1995)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium hidaense   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 7 (1934)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tatakaense
										
										
									 Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang; PhytoKeys 117: 125 (2019)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Taiwan
			38 TAI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tenorioianum
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-24: 19 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Durango, Zacatecas)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tenue
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 15 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tenuipedunculatum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 19(2): 46 (1993)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tenuisectum
										
										
									 (D.J.Keil) Ackerf.; Int. J. Pl. Sci. 184(5): 337 (2023)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Desert mountains thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Nevada)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium arizonicum var. tenuisectum D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 210 (2004)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tenuisquamatum
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 150 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tepehuanense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 22 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Durango)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium teshioense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 39(3): 117 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium texanum
										
										
									 Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 460 (1861 publ. 1862)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Texas or Texas purple or southern thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico  (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
			74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus austrinus   Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 1307 (1903)
= Carduus helleri   Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 1307 (1903)
= Cirsium austrinum   (Small) E.D.Schulz; Wild Fl. S. Antonio 242 (1922)
= Cirsium greenei   Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 177 (1911)
= Cirsium helleri   (Small) Cory; Rhodora 38: 408 (1936)
= Cirsium ochrocentrum subsp. helleri (Small) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Abt. 2: 419 (1917)
= Cirsium ochrocentrum var. helleri (Small) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Abt. 2: 418 (1917)
= Cirsium texanum var. stenolepis Shinners; Field & Lab. 19: 81 (1951)
= Cirsium undulatum subsp. helleri Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 419 (1917)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tianmushanicum
										
										
									 C.Shih; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(2): 64-65 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Zhejiang)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tioganum
										
										
									 (Congdon) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 560 (1917)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Dinnerplate or sessile or stemless thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming); Mexico  (Baja California Norte)
			73 USA 76 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus acaulescens   (A.Gray) Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 508 (1901)
= Carduus longissimus   A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 3: 134 (1907)
= Carduus tioganus   (Congdon) A.Heller; Muhlenbergia 1: 147 (1906)
= Cirsium acaule var. americanum A.Gray; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 68 (1864)
= Cirsium acaulescens   (A.Gray) Daniels; Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 254 (1911)
= Cirsium americanum   (A.Gray) Daniels; Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 253 (1911)
= Cirsium coloradense subsp. acaulescens (A.Gray) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 370 (1917)
= Cirsium coloradense subsp. longissimum (A.Heller) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 371 (1917)
= Cirsium drummondii subsp. lanatum Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 354 (1917)
= Cirsium drummondii subsp. vexans Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 359 (1917)
= Cirsium drummondii var. acaulescens (A.Gray) J.F.Macbr.; Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 22 (1918)
= Cirsium drummondii var. oregonense Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 355 (1917)
= Cirsium drummondii var. vexans (Petr.) Piper; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 360 (1917)
= Cirsium scariosum var. americanum (A.Gray) D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 215 (2004)
= Cnicus americanus   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 56 (1884), non Carduus americanus (A. Gray) Greene
= Cnicus drummondii var. acaulescens A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 40 (1874)
= Cnicus tioganus   Congdon; Erythea 7: 186 (1900)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium togaense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 33(1): 30 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tolucanum
										
										
									 (B.L.Rob. &  Seaton) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 245 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Morelos)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus tolucanus   B.L.Rob. & Seaton; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 28: 111 (1893)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium toyoshimae
										
										
									 Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 115 (1919)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Bonin Isl.  (Chichijima)
			38 OGA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium trachylomum
										
										
									 S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 25: 322 (1935)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tracyi
										
										
									 (Rydb.) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 424 (1917)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Tracy´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus arcuatus   Osterh.; Muhlenbergia 9: 55 (1913)
= Carduus floccosus   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 133 (1905)
= Carduus tracyi   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 133 (1905)
= Cirsium arcuatum   (Osterh.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1012 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cirsium floccosum   (Rydb.) Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1013 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cirsium undulatum var. tracyi (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh; Great Basin Naturalist 43(2): 254 (1983)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tuberosum
										
										
									 (L.) All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 151 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Knollige Kratzdistel (DE), Tuberous Thistle (EN)
			
			Distribution: England  (S-England, S-Wales); Belgium [I]; Germany  (Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [I], +Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; +Austria; N-Spain; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia
			10 GRB 11 AUT bgm GER SWI 12 FRA SPA 13 CRO ITA SLV
			
				Remarks: tuberosum agg.
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus bulbosus   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 705 (1783)
= Carduus gouanii   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 152 (1821)
= Carduus pedemontanus   (Willd.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 389 (1807)
= Carduus tuberosus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 824 (1753)
= Cirsium anglicum var. longicaule Willk.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 103 (1893)
= Cirsium bulbosum   (Lam.) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck] 4: 118 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium bulbosum var. major M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 360 (1852)
= Cirsium colmeroi   Sennen & Pau; Bull. Géogr. Bot. 24: 243 (1914), pro syn.
= Cirsium inerme   G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 330 (1830) non Link 1822
= Cirsium salvadoris   Sennen & Pau; Bull. Géogr. Bot. 23: 243 (1914), pro syn.
= Cirsium tuberosum proles bulbosum (Lam.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 9: 57 (1905)
= Cirsium tuberosum f. foliosum (Peterm.) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 6(2): 890 (1928)
= Cirsium tuberosum f. nanum (Lüscher) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 6(2): 890 (1928)
= Cirsium tuberosum subsp. bulbosum (Lam.) Sudre; Fl. Toulous. 117 (1907)
= Cirsium tuberosum var. dissectum Lam. ex Klett & Richt.; Fl. Leipzig 673 (1830)
= Cirsium tuberosum var. foliosum Peterm.; Flora 27: 490 (1844)
= Cirsium tuberosum var. yvesii Briq. & Cavill.; Fl. Alpes Marit. 7: 37 (1931)
= Cnicus pedemontanus   Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1675 (1803)
= Cnicus tuberosus   (L.) Roth; Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 345 (1788)
= Cynara tuberosa   (L.) Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 153 (1812)
= Ixine tuberosa   (L.) Hill; Hort. Kew. [Hill] 61 (1768)
= Serratula tuberosa   (L.) Neck.; Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 2: 465 (1770)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tukuhnikivatzicum
										
										
									 Ackerf.; Syst. Bot. 48(2): 357 (2023)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: USA  (Utah)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium turneri
										
										
									 Warnock; Southw. Naturalist 5: 101 (1960)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Cliff thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Texas); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
			77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium tymphaeum
										
										
									 Hausskn.; Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2(1): 181 (1889), et in Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 7: 38 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; NW-Greece  (Pindos to Olimpos)
			13 ALB GRC KOS NMA SRB
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium uetsuense
										
										
									 Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 34(4-6): 114 (1983)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium ugoense
										
										
									 Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 629 (1932)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium uliginosum
										
										
									 (M.Bieb.) Fisch.; Cat. Jard. Pl. Gorenki, ed. 2: 35 (1812)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Iraq  (NW-Iraq)
			33 GEO NCS 34 IRQ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus neglectus   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 153 (1821)
= Carduus uliginosus   (M.Bieb.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 154 (1821)
= Cnicus uliginosus   M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 274 (1808)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium umezawanum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 24(4): 147 (1998)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium undulatum
										
										
									 (Nutt.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 374 (1826)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Wavyleaf or gray or pasture thistle
			
			Distribution: Canada  (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan); USA  (Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Mexico  (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Sonora)
			71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus megacephalus   A.Nelson; New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt. 587 (1909)
= Carduus undulatus   Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 2: 130 (1818)
= Carduus undulatus var. megacephalus Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 360 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cirsium megacephalum   (A.Gray) Cockerell ex Daniels; Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 254 (1911)
= Cirsium undulatum f. album Farw.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 219 (1927)
= Cirsium undulatum var. franktonis B.Boivin; Phytologia 23(1): 113 (1972)
= Cirsium undulatum var. megacephalum (A.Gray) Fernald; Rhodora 10: 94 (1908)
= Cnicus undulatus   (Nutt.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 42 (1874)
= Cnicus undulatus var. megacephalus A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 42 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium unzenense
										
										
									 Kadota & Mas.Saito; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 34(4): 143 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Kyushu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium uzenense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 31(1): 39 (2005)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium valdespinulosum
										
										
									 (Sennen) Sennen; Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Nat. 28: 105 (1930)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Portugal; Spain; S-France; ?Morocco; Algeria
			12 FRA POR SPA 20 ALG
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium monspessulanum subsp. ferox (Coss.) Talavera; Lagascalia 4(2): 290 (1974)
= Cirsium monspessulanum var. ferox Coss.; Notes Pl. Crit. 1(2): 39 (1849)
= Cirsium montanum var. valdespinulosum Sennen; Pl. Espagne [Exsicc.] no. 4841 (1923) in sched.
= Cirsium paniculatum   Porta; (1892), nom. illeg., non Lam. 1779
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium valentinum
										
										
									 Porta; Atti Imp. Regia Accad. Rovereto, Ser. 2, 9: 38 (1891 publ. 1892)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: E-Spain  (SW of Valencia)
			12 SPA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium flavispina subsp. valentinum (Porta & Rigo) Rivas Goday & Borja; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 19: 485 (1962), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium velatum
										
										
									 (S.Watson) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 27(2): 247 (1910)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus velatus   (S.Watson) Greene; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 363 (1892 publ. 1893)
= Cnicus velatus   S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 143 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium vergelense
										
										
									 G.L.Nesom; Phytoneuron 2022-23: 23 (2022)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Chihuahua)
			79 MEX
			
				Remarks: sect. Erythrolaena
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium vernonioides
										
										
									 C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(6): 447, pl. 1, f. 2 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Guangxi)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium verum
										
										
									 Kadota; J. Jap. Bot. 96(3): 140 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium vinaceum
										
										
									 (Wooton & Standl.) Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 751 (1915)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Sacramento Mountains thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (New Mexico)
			77 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus vinaceus   Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 196 (1913)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium viperinum
										
										
									 (D.J.Keil) Ackerf. &  D.J.Keil; J. Syst. Evol. 58(6): 905 (2020)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Snake Range thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Nevada)
			76 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium eatonii var. viperinum D.J.Keil; Sida 21: 212 (2004)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium virginianum
										
										
									 (L.) Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 90 (1803)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Virginia thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
			75 USA 78 USA
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus revolutus   Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 1307 (1903)
= Carduus virginianus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 824 (1753)
= Cirsium revolutum   (Small) Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35, Ab. 2: 558 (1917)
= Cirsium virginianum f. revolutum (Small) Fernald; Rhodora 45: 509 (1943)
= Cnicus virginianus   (L.) Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 2: 506 (1813)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium viridifolium
										
										
									 (Hand.-Mazz.) C.Shih; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22(5): 394 (1984)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Hebei, Jilin, Nei Mongol)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium salicifolium   (Kitag.) C.Shih; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 78(1): 99 (1987)
= Cirsium vlassovianum var. salicifolium Kitag.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 112 (1934)
= Cirsium vlassovianum var. viridifolium Hand.-Mazz.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 85: 223-224 (1936)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium vlassovianum
										
										
									 Fisch. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 653 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Siberia  (Chita); Russian Far East  (Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye); China  (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shanxi); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea
			30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 37 MON 38 KOR NKO
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium coryletorum   Kom.; Izv. Imp. Bot. Sada Petra Velikago 16: 179 (1916)
= Cirsium kaimaense   Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 6, nomen, et in Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ. Ser. B, 13: (Compos. Jap. 1.) 87 (1937 publ. 1934)
= Cirsium vlassovianum f. album (Kitam.) M.Kim; Korean Endemic Pl. 343 (2004)
= Cirsium vlassovianum f. leucanthum Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 88 (1937)
= Cirsium vlassovianum var. album Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 1: 88 (1937)
= Cirsium vlassovianum var. album Nakai; Fl. Sylv. Kor. 14: 110 (1923)
= Cirsium vlassovianum var. bracteatum Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 2: 741 (1845)
= Cnicus vlassovianus   (Fisch. ex DC.) Maximova; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 19(5): 509 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium vulgare
										
										
									 (Savi) Ten.; Fl. Napol. 5: 209 (1835 publ. 1838)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Gewöhnliche Kratzdistel, Lanzett-Kratzdistel (DE); Spear Thistle (EN); Cardo borriquero (ES)
			
			Distribution: England  (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Isl., Shetland Isl., Isles of Scilly, St. Kilda Isl.); Ireland  (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; Baleares  (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca); France; Monaco; Channel Isl.  (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece  (widespread, rare in Kiklades); Crete; S-European Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; NW-European Russia  (incl. Kaliningrad region); Moldova; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Azores  (Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial); Canary Isl. [I]  (Tenerife [I]); Ethiopia [I]; South Africa [I]  (widespread); Lesotho [I]; La Réunion [I]; Siberia  (Altai, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia); Russian Far East [I]  (Kuril Isl. [I], Primorye [I], Sakhalin [I]); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.  (Lesvos, Ikaria, Samos, Rhodos); Turkey  (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iraq  (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran  (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., W-Iran, N-Iran); Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Baghlan, Bamyan, Ghazni, Kunar / Nuristan, Wardak, Orozgan / Daykundi, Paktia / Khost, Parwan); Cyprus  (C-Mountains, S-Cyprus); Lebanon  (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria  (W-Syrian Mountains); Saudi Arabia  (Asir); Yemen  (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, W-Yemen); China  (Xinjiang); South Korea [I]; Pakistan  (Kurram, Gilgit); New Guinea [I]; Australia [I]  (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Kermadec Isl. [I]; Chatham Isl. [I]; Easter Isl. [I]; Hawaii [I]  (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Kahoolawe Isl. [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Alaska [I]; Canada [I]  (Alberta [I], British Columbia [I], Manitoba [I], New Brunswick [I], Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I], Saskatchewan [I]); St. Pierre et Miquelon [I]; USA [I]  (Alabama [I], Arizona [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], Delaware [I], District of Columbia [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Idaho [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Iowa [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Maine [I], Maryland [I], Massachusetts [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Mississippi [I], Missouri [I], Montana [I], Nebraska [I], Nevada [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New Mexico [I], New York [I], North Carolina [I], North Dakota [I], Ohio [I], Oklahoma [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Carolina [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Vermont [I], Virginia [I], Washington [I], West Virginia [I], Wisconsin [I], Wyoming [I]); Mexico [I]; Guatemala [I]; Colombia [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]; Chile [I]  (Coquimbo [I], Valparaíso [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I], O´Higgins [I], Maule [I], Ñuble [I], Biobío [I], Araucanía [I], Los Rios [I], Los Lagos [I], Aisén [I], Magallanes [I]); Juan Fdz. Isl. [I]
			10 DEN FIN GRB IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO BAL CIS COR FRA MCO POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT MLD RUS UKR 20 ALG MOR TUN 21 AZO cny 24 eth 27 les saf 29 reu 30 SIB 31 rfe 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ LEB SYR TUR 35 SAU YEM 36 CHI 38 kor 40 PAK 42 nwg 50 aus lhi 51 ctm ker nzl 61 eas 63 haw 70 ask 71 cdn 72 cdn spm 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 gua 82 clm 83 bol ecu per 84 bra 85 arg cle jnf uru
			
			
			
			
				
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							= Ascalea lanceolata   (L.) Hill; Herb. Brit. [Hill] 1: 72 (1769)
= Carduus chinensis   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 629 (1838)
= Carduus divaricatus   Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 187 (1782), opus utique oppr.
= Carduus lanceatus   Hill; Veg. Syst. 4: 14 (1762)
= Carduus lanceolatus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 821 (1753)
= Carduus lanceolatus var. arachnoideo-lanuginosus M.Gómez; Noc. Bot. Sist. 91 (1893)
= Carduus nemoralis   (Rchb.) E.H.L.Krause; Deutschl. Fl. [Sturm], ed. 2, 14: 59 (1906)
= Carduus samniticus   Ten.; Index Sem. (Naples, Neapolitano) 12 (1825)
= Carduus spinosissimus   Gerbi; Storia Nat. Nuovo Insetto 9 (1794), nom. illeg.
= Carduus vulgaris   Savi; Fl. Pis. 2: 241 (1798)
= Cirsium abyssinicum   Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 456 (1848)
= Cirsium atticum   Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 406 (1879)
= Cirsium auriculatum   E.G.Camus ex Belèze; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 503 (1895)
= Cirsium balearicum   Willk.; Ill. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm] 2: (1886) 20 in obs.
= Cirsium carminans   Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 74 (1827)
= Cirsium crinitum   Boiss. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7: 305 (1838)
= Cirsium crinitum var. catalaunicum Willk. & Costa; Linnaea 30: 112 (1859)
= Cirsium crinitum var. microcephalum Willk.; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 2: 185 (1865)
= Cirsium crinitum var. tenuibracteatum Sennen; Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.) 1925: no. 5334 (1926)
= Cirsium drijeri   Rchb.f.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 15: 60 (1852)
= Cirsium dubium   Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 2(1): 155 (1903)
= Cirsium godronii   Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 406 (1879)
= Cirsium gracile   Rostr. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 406 (1879)
= Cirsium hawaiensis   (H.Lév.) H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 189 (1913)
= Cirsium judicariense   Porta ex Petr.; Biblioth. Bot. 78: 79 (1912)
= Cirsium lanceolatum   (L.) Hill; Herb. Brit. [Hill] 1: 80 (1769)
= Cirsium lanceolatum   (L.) Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 130 (1771), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium lanceolatum proles sphaeroidale Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 9: 22 (1905)
= Cirsium lanceolatum f. oligocephalum Erdner; Ber. Naturwiss. Vereins Schwaben Neuburg 39-40: 575 (1911)
= Cirsium lanceolatum f. polycephalum Erdner; Ber. Naturwiss. Vereins Schwaben Neuburg 39-40: 575 (1911)
= Cirsium lanceolatum subsp. crinitum (Boiss. ex DC.) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 175 (1894)
= Cirsium lanceolatum subsp. hypoleucum (DC.) Beger; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 6(2): 875 (1928)
= Cirsium lanceolatum subsp. nemorale (Rchb.) Werner Christ.; Fl. Kiel [J. A. Christiansen et al.] 235 (1922)
= Cirsium lanceolatum subsp. silvaticum (Tausch) Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 758 (1914), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. albiflorum Iverus; Bot. Not. 1875: 81 (1875)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. album N.Coleman; Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Peninsula Michigan 23 (1874)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. australe Murr; Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 16: 64 (1898)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. brevilobum Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 77 (1904)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. canum Tausch; Flora 17(2): 516 (1834)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. catalonicum Lange; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 2: 185 (1865)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. discolor Neilr.; Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 388 (1858)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. glabratum Peterm.; Flora 27: 482 (1844)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. horridulum Lamotte; Prodr. Fl. Plat. Centr. 2: 424 (1881)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. hypoleucum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 636 (1838)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. jaegeri F.W.Schultz; Fl. Pfalz [F.W.Schultz] 246 (1845)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. lanatum Cariot; Étude Fl. [A.Cariot], éd. 8, 2: 418 (1889), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. lanatum Peterm.; Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 230 (1846)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. latilobum Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 77 (1904)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. longespinosum Sennen; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 381 (1927)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. longispinosum Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 9: 21 (1905), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. minus Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 438 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. nemorale (Rchb.) Peterm.; Fl. Lips. Excurs. 596 (1838)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. nemorosum Klett & Richt.; Fl. Leipzig 672 (1830)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. ramosissimum Cariot; Étude Fl. [A.Cariot], éd. 8, 2: 418 (1889)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. rhiphaeum Pau & Font Quer; Iter Marocc. [Font Quer], Exsicc. 1927: no. 688 (1928)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. silvaticum (Tausch) Wender.; Fl. Hassiaca [Wenderoth] 281 (1846)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. stenocephalum Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 78 (1904)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. virens (Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 9: 21 (1905)
= Cirsium lanigerum   Nägeli; Cirs. Schweiz 114 (1840)
= Cirsium leucanicum   Lojac.; Naturalista Sicil. 3: 283 (1884)
= Cirsium linkii   Nyman; Syll. Fl. Eur. 23 (1854)
= Cirsium longespinosum   Tod. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 406 (1879)
= Cirsium misilmerense   Ces., Pass. & Gibelli; Comp. Fl. Ital. [Cesati] 2: 483 (1878)
= Cirsium nemorale   Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 286 (1831)
= Cirsium pseudolanceolatum   Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 418 (1866)
= Cirsium rosani   Ten.; Index Sem. (Naples, Neapolitano) (1830) 15, ex Syll. 414
= Cirsium samniticum   Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 370 (1841)
= Cirsium san-sebastiani   Evers ex Petr.; Biblioth. Bot. 78: 80 (1912)
= Cirsium silvaticum   Tausch; Flora 12(1. Ergänzungsbl.): 38 (1829)
= Cirsium strigosum   (Hoffmanns. & Link) Cout.; Fl. Portugal, ed. 2: 766 (1939)
= Cirsium sylvaticum   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 656 (1838)
= Cirsium tauscheri   Simonk. ex Petr.; Biblioth. Bot. 78: 80 (1912)
= Cirsium tempskyanum   Rigo ex Huter; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 310 (1906)
= Cirsium virens   Timb.-Lagr. & Jeanb. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 406 (1879)
= Cirsium vulgare   (Savi) Petr.; Cirsioth. Univ. 4: no. 33 (1912), in sched., ex Airy Shaw in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43: 303, in adnot., et 304 (1938)
= Cirsium vulgare f. erdneri Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 18 (1-2): 177 (1973)
= Cirsium vulgare subsp. crinitum (Boiss. ex DC.) Arènes; Bull. Soc. Franç. Échange Pl. Vasc. 1: 21 (1948)
= Cirsium vulgare subsp. crinitum Litard.; Candollea 11: 222 (1948)
= Cirsium vulgare subsp. silvaticum (Tausch) Arènes; Bull. Soc. Franç. Échange Pl. Vasc. 1: 21 (1947 publ. 1948)
= Cirsium vulgare var. album Mozaff.; Fl. Iran [ed. Assadi et al.] 144: 205 (2018)
= Cirsium vulgare var. litorale P.D.Sell; Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 531 (2006)
= Cirsium vulgare var. nemorale (Rchb.) Tzvelev; Fl. Evropeískoí Chasti S.S.S.R. 7: 240 (1994)
= Cirsium vulgare var. oligocephalum Erdner
= Cnicus hawaiensis   H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 122 (1911)
= Cnicus lanceolatus   (L.) Willd.; Fl. Berol. Prodr. 259 (1787)
= Cnicus leucophanus   Baumg. ex Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 418 (1866)
= Cnicus misilmerensis   Tineo ex Ces., Pass. & Gibelli; Comp. Fl. Ital. [Cesati] 2: 483 (1878)
= Cnicus samniticus   Ten.; Index Sem. (Naples, Neapolitano) 1825: 12 (1825)
= Cynara lanceata   (Hill) Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 155 (1812)
= Epitrachys lanceolata   (L.) K.Koch; Linnaea 24: 400 (1851)
= Epitrachys nemoralis   K.Koch; Linnaea 24: 400 (1851)
= Epitrachys vulgaris   (Savi) K.Koch; Linnaea 24: 402 (1851)
= Eriolepis lanceolata   (L.) Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 41: 331 (1826)
= Lophiolepis dubia   Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], éd. 2, 37: 183 (1823)
= Serratula lanceolata   (L.) L.; Amoen. Acad., Linnaeus ed. 4: 490 (1759)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium wakasugianum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 21(1): 20 (1995)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium waldsteinii
										
										
									 Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 9: 84 (1905), nom. nov.
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Waldsteins Kratzdistel
			
			Distribution: Poland; Slovakia; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania; Ukraine
			11 POL SLO 13 BIH CRO KOS MNT ROM SLV SRB 14 UKR
			
				Remarks: populations from the Austrian Alps have been separated as C. greimleri
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus pauciflorus   (Waldst. & Kit.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 388 (1807)
= Cirsium pauciflorum   (Waldst. & Kit.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 375 (1826) non Lam.
= Cnicus pauciflorus   Waldst. & Kit.; Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 2: 175 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium wallichii
										
										
									 DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 643 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Afghanistan  (Badakshan, Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost); Pakistan  (Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Murree, Gilgit, Baltistan); Nepal; Bhutan; India  (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand)
			34 AFG 40 BHU IND NEP PAK
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium macracanthum   Sch.Bip.; Flora 35: 135 (1852)
= Cnicus arachnoideus   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2891 (1831), nomen
= Cnicus wallichii   (DC.) C.B.Clarke; Compos. Ind. 219 (1876)
= Cnicus wallichii   (DC.) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 363 (1881), isonym
= Echenais ferox   Edgew. ex C.B.Clarke; Compos. Ind. 318 (1876)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. cernua
									 (Hook.f.) Karthik. &  Moorthy; Fl. Pl. India 215 (2009)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, West Bengal)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cnicus wallichii var. cernua Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 364 (1881)
= Cnicus cernuus   Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2892 (1831), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. fasciculatum
									 (Hook.f.) Babu; Herbac. Fl. Dehra Dun 254 (1977)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Kerala, Uttarakhand)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cnicus wallichii var. fasciculata Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 364 (1881)
= Cirsium wallichii var. fasciculata (Hook.f.) M.Sharma; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74(Suppl.): 684 (1979), isonym
= Cirsium wallichii var. fasciculatum (Hook.f.) Manilal & Suresh; Fl. Silent Valley [Manilal] 153 (1988), isonym
= Cirsium wallichii var. fasciculatum (Hook.f.) Raizada; Suppl. Duthie´s Fl. Upper Gangetic Plain 6: 108 (1976), isonym
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. glabratum
									 (Hook.f.) Wendelbo; Nytt Mag. Bot. 1: 67 (1952)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Afghanistan; Nepal; India  (Sikkim)
			34 AFG 40 IND NEP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium wallichii var. glabrata (Hook.f.) Raizada in Raizada & H.O.Saxena; Fl. Mussoorie 1: 330 (1978), isonym
= Cnicus wallichii var. glabrata Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 364 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. nepalensis
									 (DC.) Karthik. &  Moorthy; Fl. Pl. India 216 (2009)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Uttarakhand)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium nepalense   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 642 (1838)
= Cnicus argyracanthus var. nepalensis (DC.) C.B.Clarke; Compos. Ind. 218 (1876)
= Cnicus wallichii var. nepalensis (DC.) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 364 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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									var. platylepis
									 (Hook.f.) Aswal & Mehrotra; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 1(1-2): 117 (1980)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Jammu & Kashmir)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus wallichii var. platylepis Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 364 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 variant :
						
								
									var. wightii
									 (Hook.f.) Vivek.; Biol. Mem. 2(1-2): 77 (1977)
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: India  (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu)
			40 IND
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cnicus wallichii var. wightii Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 3: 364 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium welwitschii
										
										
									 Coss.; Notes Pl. Crit. 2(3): 118 (1851)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: W-Portugal
			12 POR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium wheeleri
										
										
									 (A.Gray) Petr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 31: 67 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Wheeler´s thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Sonora)
			73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus olivescens   Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 544 (1910)
= Carduus perennans   Greene; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 123 (1898)
= Carduus wheeleri   (A.Gray) A.Heller; Cat. N. Amer. Pl. 7 (1898)
= Cirsium blumeri   Petr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 35(2): 504 (1917)
= Cirsium olivescens   Rydb.; Fl. Rocky Mts. 1009 (1917) ex Petr.
= Cirsium perennans   (Greene) Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 753 (1915)
= Cirsium wheeleri var. salinense S.L.Welsh; Utah Fl., ed. 3: 172 (2003)
= Cnicus wheeleri   A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 56 (1883)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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											Cirsium wrightii
										
										
									 A.Gray; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6) [Pl. Wright. 2]: 101 (1853)
								
								
										
		
			
				Name: Wright´s marsh thistle
			
			Distribution: USA  (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico  (Chihuahua, Sonora)
			76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus wrightii   (A.Gray) A.Heller; Cat. N. Amer. Pl. 8 (1898)
= Cnicus wrightii   (A.Gray) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 41 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium wulongense
										
										
									 Z.C.Jin & Y.S.Chen; Phytotaxa 662(2): 204 (2024)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: China  (Chongqing)
			36 CHI
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yachiyotakashimae
										
										
									 Kadota; J. Jap. Bot. 96(3): 144 (2021)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yakusimense
										
										
									 Masam.; Prelim. Rep. Veg. Yakushima 126 (1929), Masam. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 219, et in Mem. Fac. Sci. & Agric. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 9(4): 454 (1930 publ. 1934)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Yakushima Isl.)
			38 JAP NNS
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium chikushiense var. yakusimense (Masam.) Yahara; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 14(2): 113 (1987)
= Cirsium yakumontanum   Masam.; (1929) (nom. nud.)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yamauchii
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(4): 199 (-202; figs. 8-9) (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yatsu-alpicola
										
										
									 Kadota & Y.Amano; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 17(3): 136 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium yatsugatakense   Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 262 (1913)
= Cirsium nipponicum var. yatsugatakense (Nakai) Kitam. ex Ohwi; (1965)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yezoalpinum
										
										
									 H.Koidz. ex Kadota & S.Umezawa; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 39(3): 108 (2013)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yezoense
										
										
									 (Maxim.) Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 19: 155 (1905)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Hokkaido, Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium maximowiczii var. riparium Koidz.; (1915)
= Cirsium riparium   Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 311 (1915)
= Cirsium yezoense   (Maxim.) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26(no. 312): 374 (1912), isonym
= Cirsium yoshizawae   Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 221 (1919)
= Cirsium zhejiangense   Z.H.Chen & X.F.Jin; J. Pl. Resource Environ. 30: 2 (2021)
= Cnicus japonicus var. yezoensis Maxim.; Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 9(livr. 3): 324 (1874)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yoshidae
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 34(1): 35 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yuki-uenoanum
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 40(2): 86 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium yuzawae
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo, B 35(4): 196 (-199; figs. 6-7) (2009)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium zamoranense
										
										
									 Rzed.; Acta Bot. Mex. 29: 104 (1994)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Mexico  (Guanajuato, Queretaro)
			79 MEX
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium zarkosii
										
										
									 Kit Tan, Vold & V.Christodoulou; Phytol. Balcan. 20(1): 128 (2014)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Greece  (N-Peloponnisos: Mt. Killini)
			13 GRC
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											Cirsium zawoense
										
										
									 Kadota; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 25(3): 100 (1999)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×abetonense
											
										
										
									 E.Michálk. &  Bureš; Pl. Syst. Evol. 309(3)-20: 17 (2023)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Italy
			13 ITA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium bertolonii x erisithales
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×affine
											
										
										
									 Tausch.; Flora 16: 228 (1833)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern, Schleswig-Holstein, Sachsen, Thüringen); Czech Republic; European Russia; etc.
			11 CZE GER 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium heterophyllum (L.) Hill x oleraceum (L.) Scop.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×alpestre
											
										
										
									 Nägeli; Cirs. Schweiz 84 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Switzerland; Austria; Czech Republic; Spain; etc.
			11 AUT CZE SWI 12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon ssp. acaulon x heterophyllum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×arisitense
											
										
										
									 Coste & Soulié; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: CVI (1897)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain; France
			12 FRA SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium monspessulanum x tuberosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×aschersonii
											
										
										
									 Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2: 263 (1873)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Sachsen); Czech Republic; etc.
			11 CZE GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium canum x tuberosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×ausserdorferi
											
										
										
									 Hausm. ex Treuinf.; Z. Ferdinandeums Tirol, Ser. 3, 19: 111 (1875)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria; etc.
			11 AUT
			
				Remarks: Cirsium erisithales x oleraceum x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium  ×haussmannii var. ausserdorferi (Hausm. ex Treuinf.) Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 45 (1904)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×austropannonicum
											
										
										
									 Simonk.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Czech Republic; Slovakia; etc.
			11 CZE SLO
			
				Remarks: Cirsium canum x pannonicum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×bifrons
											
										
										
									 Arv.-Touv.; Essai Pl. Dauphiné 53 (1873)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: France; etc.
			12 FRA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium alsophilum x heterophyllum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium  ×bifrons var. montanoformis Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 60 (1904)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×bigerriense
											
										
										
									 Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 44 (1904)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain
			12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium monspessulanum x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×bipontinum
											
										
										
									 F.W.Schultz; Arch. Fl. France Allem. [F.W.Schultz] 34 (1842)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Czech Republic; etc.
			11 CZE GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium oleraceum x vulgare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×boulayi
											
										
										
									 E.G.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 106 (1891)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Brandenburg, Bayern, Sachsen-Anhalt); etc.
			11 GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaule x arvense
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium babingtonii   Rouy; Ill. Pl. Eur., t. 362 (1901)
= Cirsium ×gibsonii   (H.C.Watson) Druce; List Brit. Pl. 39 (1908), nom. inval.
= Cirsium ×jaubertianum   Sennen & Septimin; Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 15: 237 (1916)
= Cirsium ×sextenum   Ausserd. ex Huter; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 478 (1906)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×bourgaeanum
											
										
										
									 Willk.; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 2: 191 (1865)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: C-Spain
			12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium filipendulum x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×palustre   Coss. ex Willk. & Lange; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 2: 191 (1865), nom. inval.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×braun-blanquetianum
											
										
										
									 Lawalrée; Phytocoenologia 2(1-2): 27 (1975)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
			 Error
			
				Remarks: Cirsium montanum x oleraceum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×breunium
											
										
										
									 Goller & Huter; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 56: 309 (1906)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria; Czech Republic; etc.
			11 AUT CZE
			
				Remarks: Cirsium heterophyllum x vulgare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×breviscapum
											
										
										
									 Eichenf.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 43: 52 (1893)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria; etc.
			11 AUT
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaule x montanum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium orgyale   Tausch; Flora 12(1. Ergänzungsbl.): 41 (1829), nom. inval.
= Cirsium tauschii   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 656 (1838), nom. superfl.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×brunneri
											
										
										
									 A.Braun ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 407 (1879)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern); etc.
			11 GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium rivulare x tuberosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×burgalense
											
										
										
									 Elías & Pau; Pl. Espagne [Exsicc.] 1908, no. 938 (1908-1909), in sched.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain
			12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium pyrenaicum x tuberosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×candolleanum
											
										
										
									 Nägeli; Cirs. Schweiz 98 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Switzerland; Spain; France; etc.
			11 SWI 12 FRA SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium erisithales x oleraceum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×celakovskianum
											
										
										
									 Knaf; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 22: 309 (1872)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: England  (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland); Ireland  (Ireland); Germany  (Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Thüringen)
			10 GRB IRE 11 GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium arvense x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium arvensi-palustre   Nägeli; Dispos. Spec. Gen. Cirs. 1000 (1845)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×connexum
											
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 2 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
				Remarks: Cirsium buergeri x lucens
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×csepeliense
											
										
										
									 Borbás; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 392 (1878)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Sachsen-Anhalt)
			11 GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium arvense x vulgare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×pulchrum   E.G.Camus; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 81 (1891)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×erisithaliforme
											
										
										
									 Preissm.; Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark 30: 224 (1894)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
			 Error
			
				Remarks: Cirsium arvense x erisithales
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×erucagineum
											
										
										
									 (Lam.) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 4: 115 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen); Czech Republic; Slovakia; Spain; France; European Russia; etc.
			11 CZE GER SLO 12 FRA SPA 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium oleraceum (L.) Scop. x rivulare (Jacq.) All.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ×erucagineus   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 704 (1785)
= Cirsium ×praemorsum   (Michl) Bluff & Fingerh.; Comp. Fl. German. [Bluff & Fingerhuth] 1: 317 (1825)
= Cnicus ×praemorsus   Michl; Flora 3: 317 (1820)
= Cirsium ×praemorsum   (Michl) W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1(2): 397 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×fabium
											
										
										
									 Porta ex Kern.; Sched. Fl. Exs. Austro-Hung. [Kerner] 5: 63 (1889)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria; etc.
			11 AUT
			
				Remarks: Cirsium erisithales x montanum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×forsteri
											
										
										
									 (Sm.) Loudon; Hort. Brit. [Loudon], Suppl. 1: 585 (1832)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: England  (England, Wales); Ireland  (Ireland, +Northern Ireland); France; etc.
			10 GRB IRE 12 FRA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium dissectum x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus pratensis var. forsteri (Sm.) Moore & More; Contr. Cybele Hibern. 165 (1866)
= Carduus ×forsteri   (Sm.) Bab.; Man. Brit. Bot. [Babington] 173 (1843)
= Cnicus ×forsteri   Sm.; Engl. Fl. 3: 390 (1825)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×freyerianum
											
										
										
									 W.D.J.Koch; Taschenb. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. 288 (1843)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Czech Republic; Slovakia; Croatia; etc.
			11 CZE SLO 13 CRO
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon x pannonicum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×gayi
											
										
										
									 Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 44 (1904)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain
			12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium glabrum x monspessulanum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×giresunicum
											
										
										
									 Yıldız, Arabacı & Dirmenci; Türl. Hab. 4(2): 128 (2023)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Turkey
			34 TUR
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×glabrifolium
											
										
										
									 (C.Winkl.) O.Fedtsch. &  B.Fedtsch.; Consp. Fl. Turkestanicae [O.A.Fedchenko & B.A.Fedchenko] 4: 286 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China  (Xinjiang); Tibet; Mongolia
			32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 36 CHI TIB 37 MON
			
				Remarks: Cirsium semenovii x sieversii
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium glabrifolium   (C.Winkl.) Petr.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 61(9): 324 (1911)
= Cnicus ×glabrifolius   C.Winkl.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9(2): 523 (1886)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×grossheimii
											
										
										
									 Petr.; Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada, n. s. 2: 43 (1926)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Transcaucasus
			33 NCS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium echinus (M. Bieb.) Hand.-Mazz. x subinerme Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×guthnickianum
											
										
										
									 M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 365 (1852)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
			 Error
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon x spinosissimum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×heerianum
											
										
										
									 Nägeli; Cirs. Schweiz 75 (1840)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern); Czech Republic; etc.
			11 CZE GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×soubiellei   Sennen & Septimin; Pl. Espagne [Exsicc.] 1916, no. 2713 (1916-1917), in sched.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×helenioides
											
										
										
									 (L.) Hill; Hort. Kew. [Hill] 64 (1768)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Sweden; Germany  (Sachsen); Czech Republic; Spain; France; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; Siberia  (Altai); Kazakhstan; China  (Xinjiang); Mongolia; etc.
			10 SWE 11 CZE GER 12 FRA SPA 14 RUS 30 SIB 32 KAZ 36 CHI 37 MON
			
				Remarks: Cirsium heterophyllum x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ×helenioides   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 825 (1753), pro sp.
= Cirsium helenioides subsp. angarense Popov
= Cirsium helenioides var. altaicum Lomon.; Turczaninowia 4(1-2): 77 (2001)
= Cirsium heterophylloides   Pavlov; Fl. Centr. Kazakhst. 3: 313 (1938), not Treuinfels (1875)
= Cirsium heterophyllum f. helenioides (L.) Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 760 (1914)
= Cirsium heterophyllum var. angarense Popov; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 2: 753 (1959)
= Cirsium heterophyllum var. helenioides (L.) Fiek; Fl. Schlesien [Fiek] 235 (1881), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium ×ambiguum   All.; Auct. Fl. Pedem. 10 (1789)
= Cirsium  ×heterophyllum nothovar. indivisum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 653 (1838)
= Cnicus helenioides   (L.) Retz.; Fl. Scand. Prodr. ed. 2, 191 (1795)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×hybridum
											
										
										
									 W.D.J.Koch ex DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], ed. 3, 5: 463 (1815)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Czech Republic; Slovakia; Spain; France; European Russia; etc.
			11 CZE GER SLO 12 FRA SPA 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium oleraceum x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×benzii   Murr; Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 12(10-12): 127 ("95") (1894)
= Cirsium ×flavescens   Peterm.; Flora 27: 491 (1844)
= Cirsium  ×hybridum subsp. oleraceiforme Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 4(3) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 4): 812 (1881)
= Cirsium  ×hybridum subsp. palustriforme Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 4(3) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 4): 812 (1881)
= Cirsium  ×hybridum var. integrifolium Wallr.; Scholion zu Hampe´s Prodr. Fl. Hercyn.: 263 (1840), nom. inval.
= Cirsium  ×hybridum var. laciniatum Wallr.; Scholion zu Hampe´s Prodr. Fl. Hercyn.: 263 (1840), nom. inval.
= Cirsium  ×hybridum var. pinnatifidum Wallr.; Scholion zu Hampe´s Prodr. Fl. Hercyn.: 263 (1840), nom. inval.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×iburiense
											
										
										
									 Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 7 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×ispolatovii
											
										
										
									 Iljin ex Tzvelev; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 28: 151 (1991)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: European Russia
			14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium roseolum x vulgare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×kirschlegeri
											
										
										
									 Sch.Bip.; Jahresber. Pollichia 2: 33 (1844)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt); Czech Republic; Spain; etc.
			11 CZE GER 12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×kornhuberi
											
										
										
									 Heimerl; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 34: 95 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Czech Republic; Slovakia; etc.
			11 CZE SLO
			
				Remarks: Cirsium pannonicum x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×kozlovskyi
											
										
										
									 Petr.; Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. 8: 76 (1914)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Transcaucasus; Turkey
			33 NCS 34 TUR
			
				Remarks: Cirsium obvallatum (M. Bieb.) Fisch. x simplex C. A. Mey.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×kretschmeri
											
										
										
									 Rothm. &  O.Schwarz; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 297 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern); etc.
			11 GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium oleraceum x palustre x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×lachenalii
											
										
										
									 (C.C.Gmel.) W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 397 (1837)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Slovakia; etc.
			11 GER SLO
			
				Remarks: Cirsium oleraceum x tuberosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium braunii   F.W.Schultz ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 409 (1879)
= Cirsium bulbosum var. pallens Wallr.; Sched. Crit. 1: 445 (1822)
= Cirsium lachenalii   (C.C.Gmel.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 648 (1838)
= Cirsium ×braunii   F.W.Schultz; Fl. Pfalz [F.W.Schultz] 250 (1845), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium ×inerme   Haller ex Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 287 (1832)
= Cirsium ×pallens   (Wallr.) Wallr.; Scholion zu Hampe´s Prodr. Fl. Hercyn.: 265 (1840)
= Cnicus ×lachenalii   C.C.Gmel.; Fl. Bad. [C.C.Gmelin] 3: 380 (1808)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×linkianum
											
										
										
									 M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 364 (1852)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Slovakia; etc.
			11 SLO
			
				Remarks: Cirsium erisithales x oleraceum x pannonicum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium polymorphum   Dolliner ex Hausm.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 8: 375 (1858)
= Cirsium portae   Hausm.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 8: 373 (1858)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×lojkae
											
										
										
									 Sommier & Levier; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 2: 15 (1895)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus
			33 NCS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium echinus x obvallatum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×mazanderanicum
											
										
										
									 Petr.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 97: 247 (1950)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Iran  (N-Iran)
			34 IRN
			
				Remarks: Cirsium hygrophilum x obvallatum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium hygrophilum var. mazanderanicum (Petr.) Parsa; Fl. Iran [Parsa] 10: 140 (1980)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×medium
											
										
										
									 All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 149 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Spain; France; Italy; etc.
			11 GER 12 FRA SPA 13 ITA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon x tuberosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus medius   (All.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 152 (1821)
= Carduus ×pumilus   Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 3: 17 (1789)
= Cirsium ×colmeiroi   Sennen & Pau ex Sennen; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 24: 243 (1914)
= Cirsium ×salvadori   Sennen & Pau ex Sennen; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 24: 243 (1914)
= Cirsium ×zizianum   W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1(2): 398 (1837)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×mirabile
											
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 7 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
				Remarks: Cirsium nipponicum var. yoshinoi x sieboldii
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×misawaense
											
										
										
									 Nakai ex Kitam.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 175 (1933)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
				Remarks: Cirsium nipponicum var. incomptum x purpuratum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×moravicum
											
										
										
									 Petr.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 2(1): 34 (1960)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
			 Error
			
				Remarks: Cirsium arvense x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×muellneri
											
										
										
									 Beck; Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 1250 (1893)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Czech Republic
			11 CZE
			
				Remarks: Cirsium oleracum x pannonicum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×murrianum
											
										
										
									 Khek; Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 38: 96 (1925)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
			 Error
			
				Remarks: Cirsium canum x heterophyllum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×nevadense
											
										
										
									 Willk.Willk.; Linnaea 30: 111 (1859) [nothossp.]
								
								
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. nevadense
									
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Spain
			12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon ssp. gregarium x pyrenaicum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×gregarioides   Porta & Rigo ex Pau; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., Sér. 3, 16: 77 (1906)
= Cnicus paludosus   Loisel.; Fl. Gall. [Loiseleur] 2: 542 (1807)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 subspecies :
						
								
									subsp. fontquerii
									 (Romo) Mateo & M.B.Crespo; Fl. Montiber. 59: 91 (2015) [nothossp.]
								
								
		
			
			Distribution: Spain
			12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon ssp. acaulon x valdespinulosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×fontqueri   Romo; Estud. Mus. Cienc. Nat. Álava 10-11: 200 (1995-96 publ. 1996)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×neyrae
											
										
										
									 E.G.Camus; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 41 (1892)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain; Andorra; etc.
			12 ADO SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium monspessulanum x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×borderei   Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 44 (1904)
= Cirsium ×fani   Sennen; Pl. Espagne [Exsicc.] 1923, no. 4764 (1923-1924), in sched.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×norrisii
											
										
										
									 C.Bicknell; Malpighia 8: 392 (1894)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
			 Error
			
				Remarks: Cirsium erisithales x tuberosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×ochroleucum
											
										
										
									 All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 150 (1785), pro sp.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain; France; Italy; etc.
			12 FRA SPA 13 ITA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium erisithales x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ochroleucus   (All.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 389 (1807)
= Cirsium erisithales subsp. ochroleucum (All.) Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 190 (1829)
= Cirsium ×arvernense   Hérib.; Bull. Soc. Étude Fl. Franco-Helv. 623 (1897)
= Cirsium ×haussmannii   Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 6, 45 (1904), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium ×hunyadense   Kárpáti; (1940)
= Cirsium ×huteri   Hausm. ex Treuinf.; Z. Ferdinandeums Tirol 3(19): 221 (1875)
= Cirsium  ×ochroleucum nothovar. beta DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 4: 115 (1805)
= Cirsium ×variabile   Porta; Atti Imp. Regia Accad. Rovereto, Ser. 3, 11(2): 5 (1905), nom. illeg.
= Cnicus ochroleucus   (All.) Spreng.; Erster Nachtr. Bot. Gart. Halle 19 (1801)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×okamotoi
											
										
										
									 Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13 (Compos. Jap. 1): 132 (1937), pro hybr.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium  ×okamotoi f. albiflorum Kadota; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 30: 130 (2004)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×patens
											
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 9 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
				Remarks: Cirsium oligophyllum x tenuipedunculatum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×perplexissimum
											
										
										
									 Kitam.; Compos. Nov. Jap. 10 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×pilosum
											
										
										
									 Kitam.; Cirs. Nov. Orient.-Asiat. 18 (1931)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×praealpinum
											
										
										
									 Beck; Fl. Hernstein [Beck] 440 (1884)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
			 Error
			
				Remarks: Cirsium erisithales x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×prativagum
											
										
										
									 Petr.; Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 19: 22 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Northern Caucasus
			33 NCS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium kuznezowianum Sommier & Levier x obvallatum (M. Bieb.) Fisch.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×pskemense
											
										
										
									 Lazkov; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 40: 225 (2008)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Kyrgyzstan
			32 KGZ
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×purpureum
											
										
										
									 All.; Fl. Pedem. 1: 150 (1785)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern); etc.
			11 GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium heterophyllum x spinosissimum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ×autareticus   Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 3(1): 12 (1788)
= Carduus ×hastatus   Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 704 (1785)
= Cirsium ×autareticum   (Vill.) Mutel; Fl. Dauphiné, éd. 2: 262 (1848)
= Cirsium ×cenisium   Arv.-Touv.; Monogr. Pilosella & Hieracium, Suppl. 38 (1876)
= Cirsium ×cervini   W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 399 (1837)
= Cirsium ×controversum   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 654 (1838)
= Cirsium  ×erucagineum var. hallerianum (Gaudin) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 649 (1838)
= Cirsium ×hallerianum   Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 188 (1829)
= Cirsium ×hastatum   (Lam.) Thell. ex Schinz; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 55: 276 (1910)
= Cirsium ×heterophylloides   Treuinf.; Z. Ferdinandeums Tirol 3(19): 245 (1875)
= Cirsium ×spinosissimoides   Ausserd. ex Treuinf.; Z. Ferdinandeums Tirol 3(19): 250 (1875)
= Cnicus ×cervini   E.Thomas ex Schleich.; Cat. Pl. Helv., ed. 4: 13 (1821), nom. inval.
= Serratula ×autaretica   (Vill.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 6: 563 (1805)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×reichardtii
											
										
										
									 Jur.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 9: 317 (1859)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe; European Russia
			14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium palustre (L.) Scop. x waldsteinii Rouy
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×rigens
											
										
										
									 (Dryand. ex Aiton) Wallr.; Sched. Crit. 446 (1822)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Czech Republic; Slovakia; European Russia; etc.
			11 CZE GER SLO 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaule x oleraceum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus acaulis var. rigens (Wallr.) Fr.; Novit. Fl. Svec. 96 (1823)
= Carduus ×rigens   Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 3: 144 (1789), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium decoloratum   W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 1, 2: 398 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium rigens   (Dryand. ex Aiton) Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 3: 38 (1822)
= Cirsium  ×rigens subsp. acauliforme Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2(2) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2): 260 (1871)
= Cirsium  ×rigens subsp. oleraceiforme Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2(2) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2): 260 (1871)
= Cirsium  ×rigens var. arrectilobum Peterm.; Flora 27: 485 (1844)
= Cirsium  ×rigens var. dissectum Peterm.; Flora 27: 485 (1844)
= Cirsium ×tataricum   DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 3: 114 (1805)
= Cnicus ×rigens   (Dryand. ex Aiton) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1675 (1803)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×sabaudum
											
										
										
									 M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 362 (1852)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Brandenburg, Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Schleswig-Holstein, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Czech Republic
			11 CZE GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon x vulgare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×sagrense
											
										
										
									 E.Michálk. &  Bureš; Pl. Syst. Evol. 309(3)-20: 16 (2023)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Italy
			13 ITA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaule x bertolonii
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×schultzianum
											
										
										
									 M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 365 (1852)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
			 Error
			
				Remarks: Cirsium rivulare x spinosissimum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×semidecurrens
											
										
										
									 Richt. ex Klett & Richt.; Fl. Leipzig 673 (1830)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Spain; France; etc.
			11 GER 12 FRA SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium palustre x tuberosum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ×palatinus   Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 413 (1879)
= Cirsium lanceolatum var. semidecurrens J.L.Jäger ex F.W.Schultz; Fl. Pfalz [F.W.Schultz] 246 (1845)
= Cirsium palustri-bulbosum   DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 6: 646 (1838)
= Cirsium ×kochianum   M.Loehr; Flora 25: 111 (1842)
= Cirsium ×laciniatum   Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 508 (1843), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium ×laciniatum   Döll ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 409 (1879)
= Cirsium  ×laciniatum var. kochianum (M.Loehr) Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 508 (1843), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium  ×laciniatum var. palatinum Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 508 (1843), nom. illeg.
= Cirsium ×palatinum   (Sch.Bip. ex Döll) Talavera; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 16(1): 177 (2014), nom. inval.
= Cirsium ×palatinum   Sch.Bip. ex Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 508 (1843)
= Cirsium  ×semidecurrens var. palatinum (Sch.Bip. ex Döll) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 409 (1879)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×sessile
											
										
										
									 Peterm.; Flora 27: 486 (1844)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Slovakia; European Russia; etc.
			11 GER SLO 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium arvense x oleraceum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×reichenbachianum   M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 364 (1852)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×siegertii
											
										
										
									 Sch.Bip. ex Reichardt; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 11(Abh.): 372 (1861), nom. inval.
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Czech Republic; Slovakia; etc.
			11 CZE SLO
			
				Remarks: Cirsium canum x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
							 species :
						
								
									
									
											
												Cirsium ×silesiacum
											
										
										
									 Sch.Bip.; Jahresber. Pollichia 2: t. a tergo paginae 34 (1844)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Bayern, Sachsen); Czech Republic; Slovakia; European Russia; etc.
			11 CZE GER SLO 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium canum x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium ×wimmeri   Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2(2) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2): 263 (1871)
= Cirsium ×silesiacum   Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 409 (1881)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×soroksarense
											
										
										
									 Wagner; Bot. Közlem. 20: 84 (1922)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
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				Remarks: Cirsium arvense x canum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Cirsium ×polivkae   Podp.; Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 12: 33 (1922)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×spinifolium
											
										
										
									 Beck; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29(10): 312 (1881)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern)
			11 GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium palustre x spinosissimum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium ×foliosum   Rhiner; Tabell. Fl. Schweizer Kantone 42 (1869), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×subalpinum
											
										
										
									 Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 182 (1829)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Sachsen); Switzerland; Austria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; European Russia; etc.
			11 AUT CZE GER SLO SWI 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium palustre x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium ×lacteum   (Schleich. ex Gaudin) W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 394 (1837)
= Cirsium ×lamottei   Neyra & E.G.Camus; Bull. Soc. Étude Fl. Franco-Helv. 40 (1893)
= Cirsium  ×subalpinum subsp. palustriforme Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2(2) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2): 264 (1871)
= Cirsium  ×subalpinum subsp. rivulariforme Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2(2) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2): 264 (1871)
= Cirsium  ×subalpinum var. lacteum Gaudin; Fl. Helv. 5: 183 (1829)
= Cirsium ×wirtgenii   M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 362 (1852)
= Cnicus ×lacteus   Schleich.; Cat. Pl. Helv., ed. 4: 13 (1821), nom. inval.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×subspinuligerum
											
										
										
									 Peterm.; Deutschl. Flora [Petermann] 3: 1 (1849)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Bayern, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Sachsen); Czech Republic; etc.
			11 CZE GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium palustre x vulgare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium ×naegelianum   M.Loehr; Enum. Fl. Deutschland 362 (1852)
= Cirsium ×camusii   Guétrot; Pl. Hybrid. France 1-2: 30 (1927), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×sudae
											
										
										
									 E.Michálk. &  Bureš; Preslia 90(4): 356 (2018)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria
			11 AUT
			
				Remarks: Cirsium carniolicum x greimleri
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×sugimotoi
											
										
										
									 Kitam.; Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13 (Compos. Jap. 1): 132 (1937)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Japan  (Honshu)
			38 JAP
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×suspiciosum
											
										
										
									 Beck; Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 1243 (1893)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria; Czech Republic; etc.
			11 AUT CZE
			
				Remarks: Cirsium palustre x pannonicum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium ×hemipterum   Borbás; Természet (Pest) 9: 122 (1877), nomen
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×tataricum
											
										
										
									 (L.) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 4: 114 (1805)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Brandenburg, Berlin, Bayern, Sachsen, Thüringen); Czech Republic; Slovakia; European Russia; etc.
			11 CZE GER SLO 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium canum x oleraceum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Carduus ×tataricus   L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 825 (1753)
= Cirsium ×laeve   Moench; Methodus [Moench], Suppl. 227 (1802), nom. illeg.
= Cnicus ×tartaricus   (L.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3: 1677 (1803)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×tiroliense
											
										
										
									 Treuinf.; Cirs. Tirol 63 (1875)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Austria; Spain; France; Italy; etc.
			11 AUT 12 FRA SPA 13 ITA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon ssp. acaulon x erisithales
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium ×michaleti   Rouy; Rev. Bot. Syst. Geogr. Bot. 2: 74 (1904)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×vivantii
											
										
										
									 L.Villar, Segarra, J.López, Pérez-Coll. &  Catalán; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 154(3): 430 (2007)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain; France
			12 FRA SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium carniolicum ssp. rufescens x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×wankelii
											
										
										
									 Reichardt; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 11: 381 (1861)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Czech Republic; Slovakia; European Russia; etc.
			11 CZE SLO 14 RUS
			
				Remarks: Cirsium heterophyllum (L.) Hill x palustre (L.) Scop.
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×wettsteinii
											
										
										
									 Petr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 329 (1908)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Czech Republic
			11 CZE
			
				Remarks: Cirsium canum x oleraceum x palustre
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×wiedemannii
											
										
										
									 Khek; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 3: 7 (1897)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
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				Remarks: Cirsium pannonicum x rivulare
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×winkleri
											
										
										
									 Font Quer; Sched. Fl. Iber. Selectam, Cent. 2-3: no. 291 (1935)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Spain
			12 SPA
			
				Remarks: Cirsium flavispina x gregarium
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
			
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×winklerianum
											
										
										
									 Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2: 262 (1873)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Germany  (Sachsen); Czech Republic; etc.
			11 CZE GER
			
				Remarks: Cirsium acaule x canum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
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							= Cirsium  ×winklerianum subsp. acauliforme Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2(2) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2): 262 (1871)
= Cirsium  ×winklerianum subsp. caniforme Čelak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 2(2) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2): 262 (1871)
= Cirsium ×wimmeri   Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 410 (1879), nom. illeg.
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×woodwardii
											
										
										
									 (H.C.Watson) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 407 (1879)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Europe
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				Remarks: Cirsium acaulon x dissectum
			
			
			
				
						
					
				
				
						
					
				
				
				
				
			
			
				
					Synonyms: hidden
					
						
							= Carduus ×woodwardii   H.C.Watson; Cybele Brit. 3: 456 (1852)
= Cirsium ×grenieri   Rouy; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 107 (1891)
= Cirsium ×submedium   Hy; Bull. Soc. Étude Fl. Franco-Helv. 13 (1895)
= Cnicus ×woodwardii   (H.C.Watson) F.Hanb.; London Cat. Brit. Pl. [H.C.Watson], ed. 9: 24 (1895)
						
					 
				
			 
		 
	
									
							
							
						 
					
						
						
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												Cirsium ×woronowii
											
										
										
									 Petr.; Vĕstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 19: 19 (1911)
								
								
										
		
			
			Distribution: Transcaucasus
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				Remarks: Cirsium hypoleucum DC. x obvallatum (M. Bieb.) Fisch.