Carduncellus Explained

Carduncellus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. They are native to the western Mediterranean and surrounding regions.^[1]

The taxonomy of the genus is still unclear. It is closely related to the genus Carthamus, and the two groups have been treated as part of a species complex, with the boundaries between them not established.^[1] While some sources accept several names in Carduncellus,^[2] others are more restrictive,^[3] and some consider the genus to be synonymous with Carthamus, the genus that includes the safflower.^[4]

Accepted species^{[5] [6] [7]}

• Carduncellus coeruleus C.Presl - Italy
• Carduncellus hispanicus Boiss. - Spain
• Carduncellus mairei Hanelt - Algeria
• Carduncellus monspeliensis St.-Lag. - Provence, Liguria

Further reading

• López González, G. (2012). Sobre la clasificación del complejo Carthamus-Carduncellus (Asteraceae, Cardueae-Centaureinae) y su tratamiento en flora ibérica. Acta Botanica Malacitana 37, 79–92.

Notes and References

1. Vilatersana, R., et al. (2000). Generic delimitation and phylogeny of the Carduncellus-Carthamus complex (Asteraceae) based on ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 221(1-2), 89-105.
2. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2080 GRIN Species Records of Carduncellus.
3. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Carduncellus/ Carduncellus.
4. http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=134022&PTRefFk=7000000 Carduncellus.
5. https://archive.today/20141111212706/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=C26A488D-6970-4A54-AB97-85E126092065 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Carduncellus+ The Plant List search for Carduncellus
7. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Carduncellus Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Carduncellus