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Cynara cardunculus
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The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus ), also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms, including the globe artichoke. It is native to the Mediterranean region, where it was domesticated in ancient times and still occurs as a wild plant.
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*Cynara cardunculus*, commonly known as cardoon, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus *Cynara* and is classified within the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is described by the authority L. and is recognized as an accepted taxon. It produces achenes as its fruit type and features purple flowers.
The plant is native to regions including Albania, Algeria, Baleares, the Canary Islands, France, Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, the NW. Balkan Peninsula, Portugal, and Sicilia. Its taxon range also includes China. *Cynara cardunculus* is utilized as a vegetable and is categorized as a useful plant. Records of the species exist in Mexico and the United States, with occurrences documented by institutions such as CP, ENCB-IPN, UAAAN, INECOL, and FESI-UNAM.
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Species
Cardoon
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Cynara cardunculus est un complexe d'espèces de plantes herbacées bisannuelles, de la famille des Astéracées, comprenant l'artichaut et le cardon (sauvage et cultivé), originaires du bassin méditerranéen. C'est en fait un membre amélioré de la grande famille des chardons. Dans ce complexe de cultivars et de formes sauvages, on distingue: L'artichaut cultivé (C. cardunculus var. scolymus, syn. = C. scolymus L.) est une plante potagère cultivée pour sa « tête », l'inflorescence en capitule, récoltée avant que les fleurs ne se développent[2]; Le cardon cultivé (C. cardunculus var. altilis, syn. = Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. cardunculus), est une plante potagère cultivée pour ses « côtes » charnues (pétiole et nervure principale développée des feuilles) consommées comme légume[2]; Le cardon sauvage (C. cardunculus var. sylvestris). Sommaire 1 Taxinomie 2 Le cardon 2.1 Noms vernaculaires 2.2 Liste des sous-espèces et variétés 2.3 Description 3 Origine et distribution 4 Statuts de protection, menaces 5 Histoire 6 Culture 7 Principales variétés 8 Utilisation 9 Aspects économiques 9.1 Bibliographie 10 Notes et références 11 Liens externes Taxinomie Linné a le premier nommé cette espèce en
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 464
- With media
- 387
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- CP, ENCB-IPN, UAAAN, INECOL, FESI-UNAM, IB-CUCBA-UDG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- useful plant
- Parent taxon
- Cynara
- Image
- Cynara cardunculus0.jpg
- Has use
- vegetable
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- species
- taxon name
- Cynara cardunculus
- Commons category
- Cynara cardunculus
- Commons gallery
- Cynara cardunculus
- taxon common name
- kardij
- has fruit type
- achene
- this taxon is source of
- artichoke oil
- sequenced genome URL
- plants.ensembl.org/Cynara_cardunculus
- taxon range
- China
- flower color
- purple
- short name
- C. cardunculus
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Cultivation
- As food
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The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus ), also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms, including the globe artichoke. It is native to the Mediterranean region, where it was domesticated in ancient times and still occurs as a wild plant.
==Description== The wild cardoon is a stout herbaceous perennial plant growing tall, with deeply lobed and heavily spined green to grey-green tomentose (hairy or downy) leaves up to long, with yellow spines up to 3.5 cm long. The flowers are violet-purple, produced in a large, globose, massively spined capitulum up to in diameter.
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