Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Globe Thistle
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,298 meters (0 to 4,259 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
()
- (Haeckel, 1866) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Soricomorpha
()
- Stanhope, 1998
- Suborder:
Tenrecomorpha
()
- Butler, 1972
- Superfamily:
Tenrecoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1931
- Family:
Tenrecidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
()
- Tribe:
Echinopeae
()
- Genus:
Echinops
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific name:
adenocaulos
- Scientific name: - Echinops adenocaulos
- Specific name:
adenocaulos
- Genus:
Echinops
(
- Tribe:
Echinopeae
(
- Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
(
- Family:
Tenrecidae
(
- Superfamily:
Tenrecoidea
(
- Suborder:
Tenrecomorpha
(
- Order:
Soricomorpha
(
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Echinops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. adenocaulos (Globe Thistle) · E. bannaticus 'Taplow Purple' (Purple Globe Thistle) · E. ritro 'Veitchs Blue' (Globe Thistle) · E. ruthenicus ruthenicus (Southern Globethistle) · E. telfairi (Small Madagascar Hedgehog)
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16122625
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606618
Footnotes
- Mean = 284.070 meters (931.988 feet), Standard Deviation = 254.670 based on 454 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
