Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.

name cited:
Carduus benedictus (L.) Garsault
name cited (basionym):
Cnicus benedictus L.
name recognized:
Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.
name recognized (basionym):
Cnicus benedictus L.

drawing: L.A. Meredith

family: Compositae
subfamily: Cichorioideae
tribe: Cardueae
subtribe: Carduinae

epithet: benedictus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Cornell University Library

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http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=475360

homotypic synonyms:
Calcitrapa benedicta (L.) Sweet; Carduus benedictus (L.) Garsault; Cnicus benedictus L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Calcitrapa lanuginosa Lam.; Carduus benedictus Auct. ex Steudel; Centaurea centriflora Friv. ex Gugler; Centaurea pseudobenedicta (Asch.) E.H.L.Krause; Cirsium pugnax Sommier & Levier; Cnicus bulgaricus Panov; Cnicus kotschyi Sch.Bip.;