Carlina curetum explained

Carlina curetum is a species of the genus Carlina.^{[1] [2]} It is also called carline thistle. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean, including Crete, the Levant, Israel and Egypt.

Subspecies and varieties

Three subspecies and varieties are accepted.

• Carlina curetum subsp. curetum – Crete and Karpathos
• Carlina curetum var. montana – Lebanon
• Carlina curetum subsp. orientalis – Egypt, Israel and Palestine, Lebanon and Syria

Notes and References

1. Jaradat . Nidal Amin . Al-lahham . Saad . Zaid . Abdel Naser . Hussein . Fatima . Issa . Linda . Abualhasan . Murad N . Hawash . Mohammed . Yahya . Amjad . Shehadi . Omar . Omair . Rashed . Mousa . Ahmad . 2019-09-01 . Carlina curetum plant phytoconstituents, enzymes inhibitory and cytotoxic activity on cervical epithelial carcinoma and colon cancer cell lines . European Journal of Integrative Medicine . en . 30 . 100933 . 10.1016/j.eujim.2019.100933 . 198287192 . 1876-3820.
2. Menteli . Viktoria . Krigas . Nikos . Avramakis . Manolis . Turland . Nicholas . Vokou . Despoina . 2019-10-30 . Endemic plants of Crete in electronic trade and wildlife tourism: current patterns and implications for conservation . Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki . 26 . 1 . 10 . 10.1186/s40709-019-0104-z . 2241-5793 . 6822446 . 31696063 . free .