New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Carduus

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Last Modified 07/08/2013

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Nomenclature

Carduus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 820. 1753.

List of Carduus Species

Carduus acanthoides Carduus nutans Carduus crispus Carduus pycnocephalus Carduus tenuiflorus

References to Carduus

  • Desrochers, A. M. et.al. 1988. A biosystmeatic study of Carduus nutans in Canada. Canad. J. Bot. 66: 1621-1631.
  • Desrochers, A. M. et.al. 1988. The biology of Canadian weeds. 89. Carduus nutans L. and Carduus acanthoides L. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 68: 1053-1068.
  • Jongejans, E. et.al. 2007. Establishment and spread of founding populations of an invasive thistle: the role of competition and seed limitation. Biological Invasions 9: 317-325. (Carduus acanthoides)
  • Peterson-Smith, J.; Shea, K. 2010. Seedling emergence and early survivial of Carduus spp. in three habitats with press and pulse disturbance. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 137: 287-296.
  • Ruggiero, D. C.; Shea, K. 2011. effects of interspecific competition on early life history of the invasive thistles Carduus nutans and C. acanthoides. Northeastern Naturalist 18: 197-206.