Cirsium japonicum
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
- Species
- Cirsium japonicum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1838
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cirsium japonicum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
38 synonyms in this snapshot
- Alfredia japonicaName author: Miq.
- Carduus eriophorusName author: Thunb.
- Carduus japonicusName author: Franch.
- Cirsium belingshanicumName author: Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.
- Cirsium bodinieriName author: (Vaniot) H.Lév.
- Cirsium cerberusName author: H.Lév.
- Cirsium hainanenseName author: Masam.
- Cirsium ibukienseName author: Nakai
- Cirsium japonicum f. albiflorumName author: Akasawa
- Cirsium japonicum f. fukienenseName author: (Kitam.) Kitam.
- Cirsium japonicum f. nakaianumName author: (H.Lév. & Vaniot) W.Lee
- Cirsium japonicum subsp. japonicumName author: Not supplied
- Cirsium japonicum var. fukienenseName author: Kitam.
- Cirsium japonicum var. horridumName author: Nakai
- Cirsium japonicum var. ibukienseName author: (Nakai) Nakai ex Kitam.
- Cirsium japonicum var. intermediumName author: (Maxim.) Matsum.
- Cirsium japonicum var. japonicumName author: Not supplied
- Cirsium japonicum var. kiusianumName author: (Nakai) Nemoto
- Cirsium japonicum var. villosumName author: Kadota
- Cirsium japonicum var. vulcaniName author: Nakai
- Cirsium kitagoenseName author: Nakai
- Cirsium laciniatumName author: Nakai
- Cirsium lacinulatumName author: Nakai
- Cirsium maackii var. horridumName author: (Nakai) Nakai
- Cirsium maackii var. intermediumName author: (Maxim.) Nakai
- Cirsium maackii var. kiusianumName author: Nakai
- Cirsium maackii var. vulcaniName author: (Nakai) Nakai
- Cirsium nakaianumName author: (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Nakai
- Cirsium senileName author: Nakai
- Cirsium smithianumName author: Petr.
- Cirsium xanthacanthumName author: Nakai
- Cnicus bodinieriName author: Vaniot
- Cnicus cerberusName author: Vaniot
- Cnicus japonicusName author: Maxim.
- Cnicus japonicus subsp. japonicusName author: Not supplied
- Cnicus japonicus var. intermediusName author: Maxim.
- Cnicus japonicus var. japonicusName author: Not supplied
- Cnicus nakaianusName author: H.Lév. & Vaniot
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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