⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-109442, with some changes.

Cnicus benedictus L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Cnicus (family Compositae).

The record derives from TICA which reports it as an accepted name (record 5D889A21-20AA-4457-836D-AEAAA7276095) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 826 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61760-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cnicus microcephalus Boiss.	Synonym		TICA
Cnicus pseudo-benedictus hort.dorpat. ex Asch.	Synonym		TICA
Epitrachys microcephala K.Koch	Synonym		TICA