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Cirsium (thistle)
Taxonomy
Cirsium was named by Miller (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Asteraceae by Chauhan (1991) and Govaerts et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Asteraceae by Chauhan (1991) and Govaerts et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Cirsium Miller |
| 1991 | Cirsium Chauhan |
| 2023 | Cirsium Govaerts et al. |
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G. Cirsium Miller 1758 [thistle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Cirsium sp. (24093) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Germany (Sachsen) | Cirsium palustre (27277) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Cirsium sp. (24096) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Cirsium arvense, Cirsium palustre (22778) Cirsium palustre (22779) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Cirsium sp. (228763) |