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Taxon:  Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Iljin



Summary
Genus:
Rhaponticum
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cardueae
Subtribe:
Centaureinae
Nomen number:
31089
Place of publication:
Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1:204. 1933
Verified:
03/19/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cnicus carthamoides Willd.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Leuzea carthamoides (Willd.) DC.
Stemmacantha carthamoides (Willd.) Dittrich

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Czerepanov, S. K. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). 1995
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  5. Greuter, W. et al. 2005. Vaillant on Compositae - systematic concepts and nomenclatural impact. Taxon 54:159.
  6. Hidalgo, O. et al. 2006. Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae-Centaureinae) and related genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 97:705-714.
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000-
  9. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
German
Saflor-Bergscharte –
Swedish
maralrot –
Transcribed Chinese
lou cao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationBuryatia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationGorno-Altay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationIrkutsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKemerovo 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKrasnoyarsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTuva 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Kemerovo]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=31089. Accessed 2 April 2026.

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