Cardopatium

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image =Cardopatium_corymbosum-8.jpg

|image_caption = Cardopatium corymbosum1837 illustration from Sibthrop, J. & Smith, J.E., - Flora Graeca, vol. 9: page 32, plate 844

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|taxon = Cardopatium

|authority = Juss.

|type_species = Cardopatium corymbosum

|type_species_authority = (L.) Pers.

|synonyms_ref = [https://archive.today/20141111211625/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=bd44c6c1-6aa0-4f9c-b165-e9b9f604fda6 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

|synonyms =

• Cardopatum spelling variant
• Broteroa Kuntze
• Brotera Willd. 1803 not Cav. 1799 (Malvaceae) nor Spreng. 1801 (Asteraceae) nor Spreng. 1801 (Lamiaceae) nor Vell. 1825 (Malvaceae)[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Brotera&commonname= Tropicos, search for Brotera]
• Chamalium Juss.

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Cardopatium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40001378 Tropicos, Cardopatium Juss.] They are native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region.[http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=136103&PTRefFk=7000000 Cardopatium Juss.] In: Greuter, W. & E. von Raab-Straube. (eds.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. 2006.[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=cardopatium+corymbosum Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardopato corimboso, Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers. ]

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Cardopatium/ Cardopatium.] The Plant List.

• Cardopatium amethystinum Spach - Algeria, Tunisia
• Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers. - Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Algeria