Genus Rhaponticum Ludw.


Summary
Genus number:
16276
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cardueae
Subtribe:
Centaureinae
Accession count:

11 (8  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)
  • acceptance of authorship "Ludw." rather than "Vaill." reflects favorable outcome of a proposal to suppress Steinwehr's 1754-1756 German translation of Vaillant's work (Madrid ICN App. I)


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References:
  1. Barrie, F. R. 2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1214. Note: a decision on Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants' recommendation regarding Vaillant's work has been deferred
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 2008. Proposal to add the 1754-1756 German translation of S. Vaillant, Établissement de nouveaux caractères de trois familles, 1719-1725, to the "Opera utique oppressa". Taxon 57:663.
  3. Brummitt, R. K. 2011. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 63. Taxon 60:1210. Note: recommends placing Vaillant's 1754-1756 work on the list of Opera Utique Oppressa (App. VI of ICBN), making conservation necessary
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: = Stemmacantha Cass.
  5. Dittrich, M. 1984. Neukombinationen in der Gattung Stemmacantha Cass. (Compositae) mit Bemerkungen zur Typisierung einiger ihrer Arten. Candollea 39:45-49. Note: = Stemmacantha Cass.
  6. Greuter, W. et al. 2005. Vaillant on Compositae - systematic concepts and nomenclatural impact. Taxon 54:159. Note: accepts
  7. Greuter, W. 2008. (1839-1842) Proposals to conserve the names Leysera against Asteropterus, Volutaria against Amberboi, Rhaponticum with a conserved type, and Rhaponticoides against Bielzia (Compositae). Taxon 57:1001.
  8. Greuter, W. 2008. Damn Vaillant? A reply to Brummitt in Taxon 57: 663. 2008, and some alternative proposals, including adding all Steinwehr's translations in Königl. Akad. Wiss. Paris Phys. Abh. 5-9. 1754-1760 to the "Opera utique oppressa". Taxon 57:1015-1016. Note: conservation only necessary if proposal to include Vaillant's 1754-1756 work on the list of Opera Utique Oppressa (App. VI of ICBN) is adopted
  9. Hidalgo, O. et al. 2006. Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae-Centaureinae) and related genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 97:705-714. Note: accepts
  10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Stemmacantha Cass.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=16276. Accessed 11 May 2026.