Carlina curetum

Carlina curetum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Carlina
Species:	C. curetum
Binomial name
	Carlina curetum; Heldr. (1875)
Subspecies and varieties
	Carlina curetum subsp. curetum; Carlina curetum var. montanaMeusel & A.Kástner; Carlina curetum subsp. orientalisMeusel & A.Kástner;

Last updated September 30, 2025

Carlina curetum is a species of the genus Carlina .^[2]^[3] It is also called carline thistle. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean, including Crete, the Levant, Israel and Egypt.^[1]

Subspecies and varieties

Three subspecies and varieties are accepted.^[1]

Carlina curetum subsp. curetum – Crete and Karpathos
Carlina curetum var. montanaMeusel & A.Kástner – Lebanon
Carlina curetum subsp. orientalisMeusel & A.Kástner – Egypt, Israel and Palestine, Lebanon and Syria

References

1 2 3 "Carlina curetum Heldr". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
↑ Jaradat, Nidal Amin; Al-lahham, Saad; Zaid, Abdel Naser; Hussein, Fatima; Issa, Linda; Abualhasan, Murad N; Hawash, Mohammed; Yahya, Amjad; Shehadi, Omar; Omair, Rashed; Mousa, Ahmad (2019-09-01). "Carlina curetum plant phytoconstituents, enzymes inhibitory and cytotoxic activity on cervical epithelial carcinoma and colon cancer cell lines" . European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 30 100933. doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2019.100933. ISSN 1876-3820. S2CID 198287192.
↑ Menteli, Viktoria; Krigas, Nikos; Avramakis, Manolis; Turland, Nicholas; Vokou, Despoina (2019-10-30). "Endemic plants of Crete in electronic trade and wildlife tourism: current patterns and implications for conservation". Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki. 26 (1): 10. doi: 10.1186/s40709-019-0104-z . ISSN 2241-5793. PMC 6822446 . PMID 31696063.

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[powo-1] 1 2 3 "Carlina curetum Heldr". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 25 August 2024.

[2] Jaradat, Nidal Amin; Al-lahham, Saad; Zaid, Abdel Naser; Hussein, Fatima; Issa, Linda; Abualhasan, Murad N; Hawash, Mohammed; Yahya, Amjad; Shehadi, Omar; Omair, Rashed; Mousa, Ahmad (2019-09-01). "Carlina curetum plant phytoconstituents, enzymes inhibitory and cytotoxic activity on cervical epithelial carcinoma and colon cancer cell lines" . European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 30 100933. doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2019.100933. ISSN 1876-3820. S2CID 198287192.

[3] Menteli, Viktoria; Krigas, Nikos; Avramakis, Manolis; Turland, Nicholas; Vokou, Despoina (2019-10-30). "Endemic plants of Crete in electronic trade and wildlife tourism: current patterns and implications for conservation". Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki. 26 (1): 10. doi: 10.1186/s40709-019-0104-z . ISSN 2241-5793. PMC 6822446 . PMID 31696063.

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