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The genus Echinops is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Echinops

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Echinops abazariae Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops aberdaricus R.E.Fr.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops abstersibilis Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops abuzinadianus Chaudhary	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops acantholepis Jaub. & Spach	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops acaulis Lavy	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops acaulis Lavy ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops afghanicus Gilli	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops albicaulis Kar. & Kir.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops amoenus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops amplexicaulis Oliv.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops angustilobus S.Moore	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops arachniolepis Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops araneosus Lazkov	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops argyrocomus Bornm.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops armatus Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops armenus Grossh.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops atrox Kit Tan	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops aucheri Boiss.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops austro-iranicus Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops avajensis Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops babatagensis Czerniak.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops bakhtiaricus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops banaticus Rochel & Borza	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops bannaticus Rochel ex Schrad.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops bipinnatus Freyn & Sint.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops brevipenicillatus Czerniak.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops buhaitensis Mesfin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops candelabrum Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops castaneus Munby	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops cephalotes DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ceratophorus Boiss.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops cervicornis Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops chaetocephalus Batt. & Trab.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops chantavicus Trautv.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops chardinii Boiss. & Buhse	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops chloroleucus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops chlorophyllus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops chodzha-mumini Rassulova & B.A.Sharipova	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops chorassanicus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops coeruleus Owerin ex Trautv.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops conrathii Freyn	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops coriophyllus C.Shih	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops cornigerus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops cyanocephalus Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops cyrenaicus E.A.Durand & Barratte	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops dagestanicus Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops dasyanthus Regel & Schmalh.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops delicatus Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops descendens Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops dichrous Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops dissectus Kitag.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops dubjanskyi Iliin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ecbatanus Bornm. ex Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ecbatanus Bornm.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops echinatus Roxb.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops elatus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops elbursensis Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ellenbeckii O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops elymaiticus Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops emiliae P.H.Davis	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops endotrichus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops eretii De Wild.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops erinaceus Kit Tan	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops erioceras Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops eryngiifolius O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops exaltatus Koch	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops exaltatus Schrad.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops fastigiatus Kamelin & Tscherneva	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops faucicola Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops fedtschenkoi Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops foliosus Sommier & Levier	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops fraudator C.C.Towns.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops freitagii Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops galalensis Schweinf.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops gedrosiacus Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ghoranus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops giganteus Hort. ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops giganteus A.Rich.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops glaberrimus DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops glanduloso-punctatus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops gmelini Ledeb.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops gmelinii Turcz.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops gracilis O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops graecus Mill.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops griffithianus Boiss.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops grijsii Hance	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops guineensis C.D.Adams	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops haradjanii Rech.f.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops haussknechtii Boiss.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hebelepis DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hedgei Kit Tan	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops heterocephalus Freyn	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops heteromorphus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops heterophyllus P.H.Davis	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops himantophyllus Mattf.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hispidus Fresen.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hissaricus Rassulova & B.A.Sharipova	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hoehnelii Schweinf.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hololeucus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops humilis Rchb.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops humilis M.Bieb.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hussonii Boiss.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hypoleucus Rupr.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops hystrichoides Kit Tan	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ilicifolius Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops inermis Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops integrifolius Kar. & Kir.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops iranshahrii Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops jaxarticus Bunge	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops jesdianus Boiss. & Buhse	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kafirniganus Bobrov	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kandaharensis Rech.f. & Köie	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops karatavicus Regel & Schmalh.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kasakorum Pavlov	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kazerunensis Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kebericho Mesfin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops keredjensis Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kermanensis Bornm.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kermanshahanicus Mozaff.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops khansaricus Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops khuzistanicus Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops knorringianus Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops koelzii Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kotschyi Boiss.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kubjanskyi Iljin	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops kurdicus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops lalesarensis Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops lanatus C.Jeffrey & Mesfin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops lanuginosus Sm.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops laricus Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops lasiolepis Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops latifolius Tausch	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops leiopolyceras Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops leiopolyceroides Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops lepetymnicus P.Candargy	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops leucographus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops longifolius A.Rich.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops longipenicillatus Mozaff. & Ghahr.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops longisetus A.Rich.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops macrochaetus Boiss.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops macrochaetus Fresen.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops macrophyllus Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops malacophyllus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops mandavillei Kit Tan	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops maracandicus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops melitenensis Hedge & Hub.-Mor.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops melitensis Hedge & Hub.-Mor.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops mersinensis Gemici & Leblebici	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops meyer Iljin	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Echinops microcephalus Sibth. & Sm.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops microcephalus Sm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops mildbraedii Mattf.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops minimus Eig	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops mosulensis Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops multicaulis Nevski	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops myrioceras Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops nanus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops nitens Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops niveus Wall. ex Wall.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops nizvanus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops nuratavicus A.D.Li	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops obliquilobus Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops oehlerianus O.Hoffm. ex Jaeger	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops onopordum P.H.Davis	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops opacifolius Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops orientalis Trautv.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ossicus K.Koch	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops oxyodontus Bornm. & Diels	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pabotii Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pachyphyllus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pannosus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pappii Chiov.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops paradoxus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops parviflorus Boiss. & Buhse	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pathanorum Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops × pellenzianus Hügin & W.Lohmeyer	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops persepolitanus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops persicus Steven ex Fisch.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops phaeocephalus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops philiae P.Candargy	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops philistaeus Feinbrun & Zohary	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops platylepis Trautv.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops polyacanthus Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops polyceras Boiss.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops polychromus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops polygamus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops praetermissus Nevski	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops prionolepis Bornm. & Mattf.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops procerus Mozaff.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops przewalskii Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops psammophilus Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pseudomaracandicus Rassulova & B.A.Sharipova	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pseudosetifer Kitag.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pubisquameus Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pubisquameus Idrobo	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops pungens Trautv.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops rajasthanensis R.P.Pandey & V.Singh	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops rectangularis Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops registanicus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops reticulatus E.A.Bruce	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ritro (DC.) Kožuharov	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ritro Georgi	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ritro L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	5
Echinops ritro Schkuhr	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ritro Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ritrodes Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops robustus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops rodriguezii Sennen	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops rubromontanus Kamelin ex Rassulova & B.A.Sharipova	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ruspolianus O.Hoffm. ex Mattf.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ruthenicus Besser	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ruthenicus Rchb.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops ruthenicus Rochel	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sabzevarensis Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops saissanicus (B.Keller) Bobrov	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops setifer Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops shahrudensis Mozaff. & Ghahr.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sheilae Kit Tan	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops shulabadensis Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sintenisii Freyn	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sojakii Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	2
Echinops sphaerocephalus Sibth. & Sm.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sphaerocephalus Miq.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops spiniger Iljin ex Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops spinosissimus Turra	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	5
Echinops spinosus d'Urv.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops spinosus Bové ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops spinosus herb.madr. ex Wall.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops strigosus L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops subglaber Schrenk	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sulaimanii Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sultanabadensis Bornm.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops sylvicola C.Shih	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops taeckholmianus Amin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops taekholmiana Amin	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Echinops taftanicus Mozaff. & Ghahr.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops talassicus Golosk.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tauricus Willd. ex Steud.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tauricus Hort ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tenuisectus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tenuissimus Sibth. & Sm.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tibeticus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tjanschanicus Bobrov	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tournefortii Ledeb. ex Ledeb.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops transcaspicus Bornm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops transcaucasicus Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops transiliensis Golosk.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tricholepis Schrenk	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops tschimganicus B.Fedtsch.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops vaginatus Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops villosissimus Bunge	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops viridifolius Iljin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops viscidulus Mozaff.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops wakhanicus Rech.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops xanthacanthus Regel & Schmalh.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Echinops yemenicus Kit Tan	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 394 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Echinops. Of these 193 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 93 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Echinops. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 394 species names for the genus Echinops recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	193	49.0%
◕	Synonym	135	34.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	66	16.8%

All names

The status of the 487 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Echinops recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	205	42.1%
◕	Synonym	216	44.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	66	13.6%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 394 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Echinops, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	189	135	0	0	324	82.2%
	Low confidence	4	0	0	66	70	17.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Echinops is as follows: