- Carduus
Taxobox
name = "Carduus"
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Carduus nutans" (Musk Thistle)
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
subfamilia =Carduoideae
tribus =Cynareae
genus = "Carduus"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Carduus" is a genus of about 90 species of
thistle s in the familyAsteraceae , native toEurope ,Asia andAfrica . "Carduus" is Latin for a thistle. [cite web | title = cārduus | url = http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0060%3Aentry%3D%232129 | author = Charlton T. Lewis | work = An Elementary Latin Dictionary | year = 1890 ]"Carduus" species are used as food plants by the
larva e of someLepidoptera species including "Coleophora therinella".;Selected species
*"Carduus acanthoides " (Welted Thistle)
*"Carduus benedictus " (Blessed Thistle)
*"Carduus chamaecephalus " African species
*"Carduus crispus " (Curly Plumeless Thistle)
*"Carduus defloratus " (Alpine Thistle)
*"Carduus keniensis " is a giant thistle endemic toMount Kenya and the Aberdares
*"Carduus nutans" (Musk Thistle or Nodding Thistle)
*"Carduus personata " (Great Marsh Thistle)
*"Carduus pycnocephalus " (Italian Plumeless Thistle)
*"Carduus tenuiflorus " (Slender Thistle);Hybrids
*"Carduus × orthocephalus"Chardonnay
"Cardonnacum", derived from "carduus", is Latin for a place with thistles. This is believed to be the origin for the name of the
Burgundy village ofChardonnay, Saône-et-Loire , which in turn is thought to be the home of the famousChardonnay grape variety.References
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