Gundelia

Gundelia

Taxobox
name = "Gundelia"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Gundelia tournefortii"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Lactuseae
genus = "Gundelia"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "G. rosea"
"G. tenuisecta"
"G. tournefortii"

The gundelia is a spiny, thistle-like flowering plant of the genus "Gundelia" L. in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

They occur in the semi-desert areas of Armenia, Anatolia, Palestine, Iraq and Iran.

A member of this genus, tumbleweed "G. tournefortii" came under the spotlights in 1998, when its pollen grains were found in abundance on the Shroud of Turin. This fact served a claim in establishing the provenance of the shroud. It has been suggested that this spiny plant may be the "crown of thorns", symbol of humiliation of Jesus. More likely it was Christ's thorn jujube ("Zizyphus spina-christi") or maybe both.

References

* Karis, P. O., Eldenäs, P. & Källersjö, M.: New evidence for the systematic position of Gundelia L. – Taxon 50: 105–114. 2001. – ISSN 0040-0262.

External links

* [http://www.spiritrestoration.org/Archeology/Shroud%20of%20Turin.htm Shroud of Turin reveals images of two crowns of thorns]


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