Epitrachys italica is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is a thistle native to Europe and Turkey, ranging from Germany, France, and Italy to Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, and northwestern Turkey.[1]
The species was first named Cirsium italicum by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1813. In 2022 it was renamed Epitrachys italica, and placed in the monotypic genus Epitrachys.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Epitrachys italica (DC.) Bureš, Del Guacchio, Iamonico & P.Caputo. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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