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Centaurea diffusa Lam.

This species name was first published in Encycl. 1: 675 (1785)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000061575.

Synonyms of Centaurea diffusa Lam.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Centaurea myriocephala E.D.Clarke Travels Eur. Asia & Africa 1: 23. wfo-0000005868
Centaurea ovina hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 321. 1840 wfo-0000042065
Centaurea myriocephala var. myriocephala wfo-0000052262
Acrolophus diffusus (Lam.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bot. Not. 114: 44 (1961) wfo-0000063131
Centaurea parviflora M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 594. [Dec 1819 or early 1820] wfo-0000077657
Centaurea ammophila Besser ex DC. Prodr. 6: 586 (1838) wfo-0000085490
Centaurea parviflora auct.non Delile wfo-0000087544
Centaurea iljiniana N.B.Illar. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 18: 307 (1957) wfo-0000093347
Acosta diffusa (Lam.) Soják Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 140(3-4): 133 (1972) wfo-0000121748
Centaurea parviflora Besser Enum. Pl. Volhyn. 35 1822 wfo-0000124291
Centaurea microcalathina A.O.Tarassov Pochvy Rast. Yugo-Vostoka 1970: 101 (1970) wfo-0000125646
Centaurea seresiensis Rech.f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69(4): 525 (1939) wfo-0000127144
Centaurea spinosa Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2(5/6): 241 (1846) wfo-0000127423
Centaurea sabulosa Ledeb. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 405 (1826) wfo-0000132788
Centaurea seriensis Rech.f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 525 (1939) wfo-0000137103
Centaurea comperiana Steven Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(II): 393 (1856) wfo-0001130633