Crocodilium crocodylium

Centaurea crocodylium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Crocodilium
Species: Crocodilium crocodylium

Name

Crocodilium crocodylium (L.) Hill, Hort. Kew. ed. 1: 63 (1768).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Centaurea crocodylium L., Sp. Pl.: 919 (1753).
  • Homotypic
    • Crocodilium syriacum Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 12: 19 (1819), nom. nov.
    • Colymbada crocodylium (L.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 7: 315 (1972).
  • Heterotypic
    • Calcitrapa cucullata Moench, Methodus: 563 (1794).
      • Crocodilium cucullatum (Moench) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 217 (1826).
    • Centaurea crocodylioides Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 118 (1849).
      • Centaurea crocodylium var. crocodylioides (Boiss.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 680 (1875).
    • Centaurea dinsmoreana Bornm., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.s., 30: 77 (1913).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Lebanon-Syria, Palestine.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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