Nomenclature: wfo-0000084791
![Kew Gardens K000768970: Petrovic, S. [2349] Serbia Kew Gardens K000768970: Petrovic, S. [2349] Serbia](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/f5ed6fef4083789e509c1e04da391d82.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000768973: Guicciardi, J. [s.n.] Greece Kew Gardens K000768973: Guicciardi, J. [s.n.] Greece](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/a195a1ac3c784c969cee86bdb4812fd5.jpg)
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![Kew Gardens K000778023: Regel, A. [s.n.] Kew Gardens K000778023: Regel, A. [s.n.]](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/f08c8fb21fd7fb1aa2365ef1522b8f72.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000778024: Regel, A. [s.n.] Kew Gardens K000778024: Regel, A. [s.n.]](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/dc33686979391ead78b7317e89200cdb.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000778027: Wallich, N. [2895] Kew Gardens K000778027: Wallich, N. [2895]](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/cff463663f6a0f6f20bd495b8829f94c.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000778028: s.coll. [s.n.] India Kew Gardens K000778028: s.coll. [s.n.] India](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/5851deed5c1509af4adaa85bd2b92ba9.jpg)

Carduus nutans Sp. Pl. : 821 (1753)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Sp. Pl. 2: 821. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000768970: Petrovic, S. [2349] Serbia Link to Type provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000768973: Guicciardi, J. [s.n.] Greece Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000778022: Regel, A. [s.n.] Russia Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000778023: Regel, A. [s.n.] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000778024: Regel, A. [s.n.] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000778027: Wallich, N. [2895] Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000778028: s.coll. [s.n.] India Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 188890-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record gcc-41225
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: gcc-41225
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2022-06 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06Placement: Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Carduus > Carduus nutans
Subtaxa
- Carduus nutans subsp. falcato-incurvus
- Carduus nutans subsp. granatensis
- Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus
- Carduus nutans var. litoralis
- Carduus nutans var. macrocephalus
- Carduus nutans subsp. macrocephalus
- Carduus nutans subsp. micropterus
- Carduus nutans subsp. numidicus
- Carduus nutans subsp. perspinosus
- Carduus nutans subsp. platylepis
- Carduus nutans subsp. platypus
- Carduus nutans subsp. siculus
- Carduus nutans subsp. subacaulis
- Carduus nutans subsp. taygeteus
- Carduus nutans subsp. trojanus
Synonyms
- Carduus nutans f. nutans
- Carduus nutans var. songaricus
- Carduus thoermeri subsp. armenus
- Carduus nutans var. armenus
- Carduus nutans var. nutans
- Carduus nutans var. leiophyllus