Cirsium interpositum

# Species- Seed plants (families)‎ > ‎A---L (families & genera)‎ > ‎Ar‎ > ‎Asteraceae (Compositae)‎ > ‎Carduoideae‎ > ‎Cirsium (Carduoideae- Cynareae)‎ > ‎

Cirsium interpositum Petr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43 283 1938. (syn: Cirsium lepskyi Petr.; Cnicus griffithii Hook.f. [Illegitimate]);

SE-Tibet, China (SW-Yunnan), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur), Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life;

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Identification of plants : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

Kindly identify this thorny plant snapped at Pfutsero Town, Nagaland

Saussurea or Cirsium sp. ???

Thanks, … Yes, appears to be ‎Cirsium only as per comparative images herein and as per comparative images at Carduoideae‎

Similar plant was posted at shrub (seems Asteraceae) from Phenk (Nagaland)-9

What are the species reported from that area?

I was trying since first post but unable to ID!

After going through all species listed in BSI Flora of India at ‎Cirsium in GBIF, I think it is C. interpositum Petr. as per GBIF Specimens:

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhm.ac.uk%2Fservices%2Fmedia-store%2Fasset%2F67b956e34896ff32cda68170159be1a3115379cf%2Fcontents%2Fpreview

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2515093577

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1426172640

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shrub (seems Asteraceae) from Phenk (Nagaland)-9 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) - 4 mb.

Please identify the shrub (seems Asteraceae) from Phenk (Nagaland)

I think some ‎Cirsium as per comparative images herein.

What are the species reported from the area ?

After going through all species listed in BSI Flora of India at ‎Cirsium in GBIF, I think it is C. interpositum Petr. as per GBIF Specimens:

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhm.ac.uk%2Fservices%2Fmedia-store%2Fasset%2F67b956e34896ff32cda68170159be1a3115379cf%2Fcontents%2Fpreview

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2515093577

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1426172640

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GCC IPNI GBIF (specimens) BSI Flora of India Flora of China FOC illustration JSTOR (Specimen)

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