List of Cirsium species

The following species in the flowering plant genus Cirsium, the plume thistles, are accepted by Plants of the World Online.[1] A 2022 molecular study reassigned many species to other genera, but Cirsium remains a speciose genus.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Cirsium Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. ^ Del Guacchio, Emanuele; Bureš, Petr; Iamonico, Duilio; Carucci, Francesca; De Luca, Daniele; Zedek, František; Caputo, Paolo (2022). "Towards a monophyletic classification of Cardueae: Restoration of the genus Lophiolepis (= Cirsium p.p.) and new circumscription of Epitrachys". Plant Biosystems. 156 (5): 1269–1290. doi:10.1080/11263504.2022.2131924. S2CID 252700781.