Picnomon is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2]

Picnomon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Carduinae
Genus: Picnomon
Adans.
Species:
P. acarna
Binomial name
Picnomon acarna
Synonyms
  • Piknomon Adans., alternate spelling
  • Acarna Vaill.
  • Carduus acarna L.
  • Carlina acarna (L.) M.Bieb.
  • Cirsium pisidium Wettst.
  • Cnicus acarna (L.) L.
  • Carthamus canescens Lam.
  • Cirsium acarna (L.) Moench

Species edit

The only known species is Picnomon acarna, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa from Portugal and the Canary Islands to Kazakhstan.[3][4]

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