Taxonomy fact sheet: Carthamus tinctorius  L. Accepted name

Nomenclature

Taxonomy

Kingdom Plantae Browse at kingdom-level
Order Asterales Link. Browse at order-level
Family Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl Browse at family-level
Genus Carthamus L. Browse at genus-level
Section Carthamus Browse at section-level
Species Carthamus tinctorius L. Browse at species-level
Subspecies
Variety
Form
Cultivar
Strain

Binomial synonyms


Common names

Common name Language
红花 hong hua Chinese
Dyer's saffron English
Dyer's thistle
False saffron
Safflower
Värisaflori Finnish
Carthame des teinturier French
Faux safran
Le carthame
Falscher Saffran German
Färber-Saflor
Färberdistel
Saflor
Wilder Saflor
Azafran bastardo Spanish
Azafran romi
Alazor
Caeramo
Cartamo

Genealogy

Genetics

Chromosome pairs 24
Parentage background No parentage background information stored.
Ploidy level No ploidy level information stored.
Species identifier DNA No species identifier DNA information stored.

Subspecies

No known subspecies for this entry in the database.


Distribution

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Macromorphology

No macroscopic morphology entries for this entry in the database.

Chemicals

Quercetin 3-O-(6-O-malonyl-β-glucoside)
  1. Chemical sheet
  2. 1st analysis result
  3. 2nd analysis result

Images

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Color swatches

No dyeing results for this entry in the database.


References

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