Plant Details

Accepted name:: Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosissimus [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Echinops spinosissimus Turra
Infraspecies:: 4

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bithynicus (Boiss.) Greuter

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. macrolepis (Boiss.) Greuter

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. neumayeri (Vis.) Kožuharov

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosus Greuter

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arth	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
shawk al-hameer	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
shawk al-jamal	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
أرث	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
شوك الجمل	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
شوك الحمير	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots, leaves, stem		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Echinops spinosus L. Mant. Pl. 1: 119 (1767).
Echinops viscosus DC. Prodr. 6: 525 (1838).
Echinops bicolor Nábělek Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 52: 28 (1925).
Echinops choetocephalus Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl.: 272 (1875).
Echinops connatus K.Koch Linnaea 24: 380 (1851).
Echinops creticus Boiss. & Heldr. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 87 (1849).
Echinops freynianus Bornm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 89: 351 (1944).
Echinops glandulosus E.Weiss Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 433 (1868).
Echinops macrochaetus Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 85 (1849).
Echinops sphaerocephalus Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. 9: t. 923 (1839), sensu auct.
Echinops spinosissimus Freyn Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 354 (1895).
Echinops spinosus d'Urv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 374 (1822), nom. illeg.
Echinops syriacus Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 84 (1849).
Echinops viscosus subsp. glandulosus (E.Weiss) Rech.f. Fl. Aegaea: 641 (1943).
Sphaerocephalus spinosus (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 366 (1891).
Sphaerocephalus viscosus (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 366 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Echinops spinosus L.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Echinops viscosus DC.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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