Asteraceae

Centaurea L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 909 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Cape Provinces, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Florida, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Greenland, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nagaresh, K. & Rahiminejad, M.R. (2018). A revision of Centaurea sect. Cynaroides (Asteraceae, Cardueae-Centaureinae). Phytotaxa 363: 1-131.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Philipson in J. Bot. 77: 227 (1939).
  • —F.T.A. 3: 436

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull.22: 134 (1968).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 389 (1754).
  • Philipson in Journ. Bot. 77: 227–233 (1939).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 909 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 151 (1994)
  • Philipson in J.B. 77: 228 (1939)
  • Sp. Pl.: 909 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 29, 1972 Kennedy, E.W. [1459] Cyprus K000794234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 26, 1972 Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [3170] Turkey K000794087 Isotype Yes
Sep 26, 1972 Sintenis, P.E.E. [4626] Turkey K000251325 Type Yes
Sep 26, 1972 Sintenis, P.E.E. [4393] Turkey K000794088 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1969 s.coll. [s.n. ] Romania K002009658 Yes
Jan 1, 1841 Kotschy [220] Syria K001790535 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 2984] India K001118340 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K:SPC-67193.000 No
Morocco K000418538 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tuntas, B. [1447] Greece K000518051 Type Yes
Wierzbicki, P.P. [2031] Romania K000794016 Type Yes
Baldacci, A. [73] Greece K000794044 Unknown Type Material Yes
Breindl, A. [S.n] Croatia K001609388 Yes
Sieber, F.W. [s.n.] Israel K000794213 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Morocco K000418554 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [s.n.] Greece K000772932 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haber, R.; Semaan, M. [2002] Lebanon K000794250 Type Yes
Haber, R.; Semaan, M. [2002] Lebanon K000794252 Isotype Yes
Prodan, I.; Nyárády, E.J.; Ghișa, E.; Todor, I. [3289] Romania K002009739 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002105345 Yes
Trevelyan, W.C. [S.n. ] Portugal K001617105 Yes
s.coll. [s.n. ] France K002021095 Yes
Breindl, A. [s.n.] Italy K001600892 Yes
Sieber [s.n.] Egypt K000418564 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2984] K001118342 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haber, R.; Semaan, M. [2002] Lebanon K000794251 Type Yes
Haber, R.; Semaan, M. [2002] Lebanon K000794249 Type Yes
Breindl, A. [S.n] Croatia K001609411 Yes
S.coll. [S.n. ] Spain K001617104 Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [s.n.] Greece K000772933 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hagemann, I., Binder, J. & Schwarz, W. [1867] Turkey K001562781 Yes
Link [s.n. ] K001617124 Yes
Aedo, C.; Güemes, J.; Muñoz Garmendia, F.; Pedrol, J.; Rico, E.; Sequeira, M. [CA 4309] Morocco K001581677 Yes
Haussknecht, C.A. [s.n.] Iran K000794157 Unknown Type Material Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Morocco K000418537 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sieber, F.W. [s.n.] Greece K000772895 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 2983] India K001118339 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sieber [s.n.] Egypt K000418563 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Morsp] [S.n.] K002009369 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2925] United Kingdom K002008811 No
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group [1947] Morocco K000564871 No
Orphanides, T.G. [1149] Greece K000772918 Unknown Type Material Yes
Orphanides, T.G. [1149] Greece K000772919 Unknown Type Material Yes
Charrel, L. [s.n.] Greece K000772886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baldacci, A. [78] Albania K000794043 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2983] Nepal K001118337 Unknown Type Material Yes
Durieu de Maisonneuve, M.C. [s.n.] Spain K000794242 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-04734.000 No
Borbás, V.von [s.n.] Albania K000794020 Unknown Type Material Yes
Borbás, V.von [s.n.] Albania K000794019 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002105363 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2925] United Kingdom K002008810 No
Janka, V.von [s.n.] Greece K000772916 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [948] Greece K000772936 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [948] Greece K000772937 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier, P.E. [s.n.] Spain K000772863 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [s.n.] Greece K000772897 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1476] United Kingdom K002008812 No
Cowan. R.S. [MFF 134] United Kingdom K000696457 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2983] India K001118338 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tunta, B. [29] Greece K000772956 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher-Éloy, P.M.R. [3162] Turkey K000794112 Type Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [10941] Greece K000772934 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [s.n.] Greece K000772896 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von [s.n.] Greece K000772894 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baldacci, A. [82] Greece K000794042 Unknown Type Material Yes
Laus, H. [s.n.] Czech Republic K002009738 Yes
Bornmüller, J.F.N. [3206] Turkey K000251326 Type Yes
Turrill, W.B. [411] Greece K000772917 Unknown Type Material Yes
Day, C.D. [899] Turkey K000341625 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [1476] United Kingdom K002008813 No
Steven, C.Von. [s.n.] Armenia K000794117 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Morocco K000418553 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Morocco K000418552 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haussknecht, H.C. [s.n.] Greece K000772955 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2984] India K001118341 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacGillivray, J. [46] Portugal Cnicus K002006929 Yes
Robinson, B.L.; Schrenk, H. [69] Canada Cnicus K002003076 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2898] Nepal Cnicus K001118161 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cosson, E. [s.n.] Algeria Stephanochilus K000418527 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0