MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Cynara names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :




Cynara algarbiensis Coss. ex Mariz

ENGLISH :  Iberic Peninsula wild artichoke.

FRENCH : Artichaut sauvage ibérique, Artichaut sauvage de la péninsule ibérique.

Cynara auranitica Post

ENGLISH :   Middle-East wild artichoke.
Cynara baetica (Spreng.) Pau 

SYNONYM(S) : Cynara hystrix Ball



Cynara baetica (Spreng.) Pau subsp. baetica

SYNONYM(S) :   Cirsium baeticum Spreng.

ENGLISH :   Spain wild artichoke.
Cynara baetica (Spreng.) Pau subsp. maroccana Wiklund

ENGLISH :   Morocco wild artichoke.

Cynara cardunculus L.

CHINESE : Ci cai ji.

ENGLISH : Artichoke thistle, Scotch thistle, Vegetable rennet, Vegetal rennet (from dried flowers).

FRENCH :  Artichaut sauvage, Cardonnette, Chardonnette, Chardounette.

GREEK :    Άγρια αγκινάρα   Agria agkinara,   Άγριες αγγινάρες   Agries agginares .

 

Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. cardunculus

SYNONYM(S) : Cynara cardunculus L., Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. flavescens Wiklund

CHINESE : Ci cai ji.

DANISH : Kardon.

DUTCH : Kardoen.

ENGLISH : Artichoke thistle, Cardoon, Prickly artichoke.

FINNISH : Kardoni.

FRENCH : Artichaut à cardes, Cardon.

GERMAN : Cardy, Distel, Gemüseartischoke, Gemüse-Artischocke, Karde, Kardone, Spanische Artichocke.

GREEK :    Kάρδο   Kardo,  Kάρδος  Kardos. 

ITALIAN : Cardo.

PORTUGUESE : Cardo de coalho, Cardo hortense.

SPANISH : Cardo, Cardo comestible, Cardo de comer.

SWEDISH : Kardon.

 

 

Photographs at University of Catania, Italy.
Photograph at Meilland Richardier nursery. France.

Cynara cornigera Lindl.

SYNONYM(S) :  Cynara sibthorpiana Boiss. & Heldr. 

ENGLISH :   Wild artichoke.

GREEK :   Άγρια αγκινάρα   Agria agkinara.

Cynara horrida Ait.

SYNONYM(S) : Cynara cardunculus L. var. ferocissima xxx

GERMAN : Stachelige Kardone, Artischocker, Stachelige Artischocke.

 

Cynara scolymus L.

SYNONYM(S) : Cynara cardunculus L. var. sativa Moretti, Cynara cardunculus L. var. scolymus L.

ARABIC :    الخرشف   El-kharshûf.

CHINESE : Chao xian ji, Yang ji.

DANISH : Artiskok, Artiskokker.

DUTCH : Artisjok, Artisjokken.

ENGLISH : Artichoke, Globe artichoke.

FINNISH : Artisokka, Latva-artisokka.

FRENCH : Artichaut, Artichaut commun.

GERMAN : Artischoke.

GREEK :   Aγγινάρα  Agginara,  Αγγινάρες  Agginares,  Aγκινάρα  Agkinara,   Aγκινάρες  Agkinares.

HEBREW :    ארטישוק    Artishok,      קנרס תרבותי    Kinras tarbuti.

ITALIAN : Carciofo.

JAPANESE : Chousen azami (Tyousenn azami - faulty romanisation).

PORTUGUESE : Alcachofra, Alcachofra de comer, Alcachofra hortense.

RUSSIAN : Artishok koliuchii.

SPANISH : Alcachofa, Alcacil, Alcaucil.

SWEDISH : Kronärtskocka.

TURKISH : Enginar.

VIETNAMESE : .



A gallery of artichoke photos and description (in Turkish).
Cynara scolymus L. (Catanesi Group) 'Catanese'

ENGLISH :   Italian green spineless artichoke 'Catanese'.


Cynara scolymus L. (Romaneschi Group)  'Romanesco'

ENGLISH :  Italian purple artichoke.

Photographs:  "Looking for the ultimate Italian purple artichoke". Diversity from a small bunch of seeds. Side view1, Side view 2, Top view 3.
Cynara scolymus L. (Romaneschi Group)  'Violetto Romagna di Chioggia'

ENGLISH :  Spineless Italian purple artichoke.


Photographs:  "Looking for the ultimate Italian purple artichoke". Diversity from a small bunch of seeds. Side view1, Side view 2, Top view 3.
Cynara scolymus L. (Spinosi Group) 'Spinoso di Palermo'

ENGLISH :  Italian green spiny artichoke 'Spinoso di Palermo' (tinged with violet).

FRENCH :  Artichaut épineux de Palerme, Artichaut épineux de Sicile.


Cynara scolymus L. (Spinosi Group) 'Spinoso Sardo'

ENGLISH :  Genoa spiny artichoke, Italian green spiny artichoke 'Spinoso Sardo' (tinged with violet).

FRENCH :  Artichaut épineux de Sardaigne, Artichaut 'Spinoso Sardo' de Sardaigne, L'épineux Gênes.

ITALIAN : Carciofo spinoso sardo.

Photograph in Italy.
Photograph in Italy.
A more telling photo from Sardegna.
Cynara scolymus L. (Violetti Group) 'Violetto di Provenza'

ENGLISH :  French artichoke 'Violet de Provence'.

FRENCH :  Artichaut bouquet , Artichaut Niçois, Artichaut petit violet, Artichaut violet de Provence, Artichaut poivrade.

ITALIAN :  Carciofo violetto di Provenza.
Cynara scolymus L. (Violetti Group) 'Violetto di Toscana'
Cynara scolymus L. ' Blanca de Tudela '

ENGLISH :   Spanish artichoke 'Blanca de Tudela'.

FRENCH :  Artichaut Tudela d'Espagne.

SPANISH :  Alcahofa de Tudela.

Cynara scolymus L.  'Gros Camus de Bretagne'

ENGLISH :   Brittany camus artichoke, Brittany green globe artichoke.

FRENCH :   Artichaut breton.



Photo and description by the World Wide Gourmet.
Cynara scolymus L.  'Gros Vert de Laon'

ENGLISH :  French green globe artichoke 'Vert de Laon'.

 FRENCH :  Artichaut vert de Laon, Artichaut vert d'Italie, Artichaut tête de chat,  Artichaut 'Gros vert de Laon'.
Cynara scolymus L. 'Green Globe'.

ENGLISH :  English green globe artichoke.




Cynara syriaca  Boiss.

ENGLISH :  Wild artichoke, Syrian wild artichoke.

HEBREW :    קִנְרָס סוּרִי    Kinras suri.

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

Barbieri R. 1959. Osservazioni sulla biologia del carciofo  'Spinoso Sardo' (Cynara cardunculus L. scolymus L.).  'Studi Sass., Ann. Fac. Agr."  III (in Italian) 7: 19–36.

Basnizki J. and Zohary D. 1994. Breeding of seed-planted artichoke. Plant Breed. Reviews 12: 253–269.

Bianco V.V. 1990. Carciofo (Cynara scolymus L.). In: Bianco V.V. and Rimpini F. (eds), Orticoltura. Patron Editore, Bologna (in Italian), pp. 209–251.

Dellacecca V.V., Magnifico V., Marzi V., Porceddu E. & Scarascia Mugnozza G.T. 1976. Contributo alla conoscenza delle varieta di carciofo coltivate nel mondo Proceed. Internat. Congress on Artichoke, Bari 1973. Minerva Medica, Torino (in Italian), pp. 199–316.

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?cynara (31 May 2007). (A number of languages, some romanised, Latin with authority names)

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : Takako Asaoka.

 

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