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Taxon

Carthamus creticus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1163. 1763 [Aug 1763]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Carthamus  creticus ssp baeticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 071.jpg

Carthamus creticus ssp baeticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 071.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 013.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 013.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 016.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 016.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 072.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 072.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 017.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 017.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 075.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 075.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 069.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 069.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 014.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 014.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 010.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 010.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 070.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 070.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 011.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 011.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 074.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 074.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 015.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 015.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 012.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 012.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Carthamus  creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 073.jpg

Carthamus creticus--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 073.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Algeria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Kriti, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into British Columbia, California, Great Britain, Kenya, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 29, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Sfakia)

35.296278, 23.963472

Location Remarks

Samaria National Park. Samaria Gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 29, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Sfakia)

35.296278, 23.963472

Location Remarks

Samaria National Park. Samaria Gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Carthamus

Specific Epithet

creticus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#316,249 of 335,497

Top 95%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →