Carlina curetum

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]

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[1]
Carlina curetum subsp. curetum Carlina curetum var. montana Meusel & A.Kástner Carlina curetum subsp. orientalis Meusel & A.Kástner

Subspecies and varieties

Three subspecies and varieties are accepted.^[1]

• Carlina curetum subsp. curetum – Crete and Karpathos
• Carlina curetum var. montana Meusel & A.Kástner – Lebanon
• Carlina curetum subsp. orientalis Meusel & A.Kástner – Egypt, Israel and Palestine, Lebanon and Syria

References

1. "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.