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Centaurea L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 909 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000007161.

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Synonyms of Centaurea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Centaurea triumfettii var. triumfettii – – wfo-0000051762
Centaurea triumfettii f. triumfettii – – — wfo-0000057897
Cyanus triumfettii subsp. triumfettii – – — wfo-0000085801
Centaurea variegata var. decurrentifolia Pau – — wfo-0000103640
Centaurea triumfettii subsp. variegata Dostál – — wfo-0000106732
Amberboa sect. Phaeopappus DC. – — wfo-1000043844
Centaurea sect. Hyalaea DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6: 565. 1837 [Jan 1838] wfo-3400005004
Acosta Adans. Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 117 (1763). wfo-4000000360
Acostitrapa Rauschert Feddes Repert. 83(9-10): 655 (1973) wfo-4000000363
Acrocentron Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 37 (1826) wfo-4000000392
Calcitrapa Heist. ex Fabr. Enum. : 94 (1759) wfo-4000005993
Calcitrapoides Fabr. – wfo-4000005994
Carbeni Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 116, 532 (1763) wfo-4000006654
Cardosanctus Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 152 (1899) wfo-4000006698
Chartolepis Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 36 (1826) wfo-4000007706
Cheirolepis Boiss. – wfo-4000007781
Cistrum Hill Veg. Syst. iv. 36 (1762) wfo-4000008392
Colymbada Hill Veg. Syst. iv. 31 (1762) wfo-4000009006
Crepula Hill Veg. Syst. iv. 9 (1762) wfo-4000009683
Cyananthus Raf. (1815). Anal. Nat. (1815) — wfo-4000010142
Cyanus Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000010174
Grossheimia Sosn. & Takht. – wfo-4000016268
Hierapicra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 346 (1891) wfo-4000017889
Hymenocentron Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 37 (1826) wfo-4000018649
Jacea Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000019425
Lepteranthus Neck. Elem. Bot. 1: 73 (1790) wfo-4000021208
Leucacantha Nieuwl. & Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 71 (1917) wfo-4000021475
Lopholoma Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 37 (1826) wfo-4000022220
Melanoloma Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 29: 472 (1823) wfo-4000023588
Mesocentron Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 38 (1826) wfo-4000023843
Microlophus Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 37 (1826) wfo-4000024149
Paraphysis (DC.) Dostál Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 19(1-4): 76 (1973) wfo-4000028121
Pectinastrum Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 38 (1826) wfo-4000028395
Phalolepis Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 50: 248 (1827) wfo-4000029105
Philostizus Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 39: 498 (1826) wfo-4000029244
Phrygia (Pers.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. ii. 441 (1821) wfo-4000029342
Piptoceras Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 50: 469 (1827) wfo-4000029828
Plumosipappus Czerep. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 457 (1960) wfo-4000030430
Pterolophus Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 34 (1826) wfo-4000031994
Seridia Juss. Gen. Pl. : 173 (1789) wfo-4000035141
Solstitiaria Hill Veg. Syst. iv. 21 (1762) wfo-4000035744
Sosnovskya Takht. – wfo-4000035816
Spilacron Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 50: 238 (1827) wfo-4000036086
Stephanochilus Coss. & Durieu ex Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 2(1): 477 (1873) wfo-4000036577
Tomanthea DC. Prodr. 6: 564 (1838) wfo-4000038537
Triplocentron Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 38 (1826) wfo-4000039285
Verutina Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 44: 38. 1826; 58: 8. 1829. wfo-4000040188
Tomantea Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2: 691, sphalm. (1841) wfo-4000043571
Stenolophus Cass. – wfo-4100001406
Antaurea Neck. – wfo-4100001440
Hyalaea Benth. & Hook.f. – — wfo-4100001496
Gentaurea Ledeb. – — wfo-4100001520

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Centaurea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea acanthodes Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 403 (1826) wfo-0000000993
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea acaulis Desf. – — wfo-0000120499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea achilleifolia Homrani-Bakali & Susanna Phytotaxa 542(1): 84. 2022 wfo-1000029654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea acicularis Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Graec. (Sibthorp). t. 911. — wfo-0000071126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea acrolepis Hoffmanns. ex Heynh. Alph. Aufz. Gew. 131, nomen (1846) wfo-0000015285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea acromaura Hoffmanns. ex Heynh. Alph. Aufz. Gew. 131, nomen (1846) wfo-0000035529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea acuta C.A.Mey. Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer. 65 (1831) (1831) wfo-0000027668
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea adami Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 2310 (1803) wfo-0000030996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea adamovicii Velen. Fl. Bulg. Suppl. 1: 173. wfo-0000050535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea adeana Gugler Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungar. vi.; cf. Magyar Bot. Lap. viii. 338. 1908 wfo-0000011580
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea adpressa Ledeb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 316. 1840 wfo-0000062421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea adscendens (Bartl.) Prodan Centaur. Român. 65 (1930) wfo-0000085557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea adscendens (Bartlett) H.Wagner – — wfo-0000040214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea adusta Gand. Obs. Centaurea 14. 1873 wfo-0000086094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aegusae Domina, Greuter & Raimondo Israel J. Pl. Sci. 64(1-2): 51 (2017) — wfo-1000079999
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aellenii Arènes Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 18: 179 (1946) wfo-0000120423
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aemiliae Font Quer Mem. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona, Ser. Bot. i. n.° 2, 13 (1924), hybr. wfo-0000081051
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea affinis subsp. peloponesiaca (Halácsy) Dostál Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(3): 196 (1976) wfo-0000112602
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea affinis var. alpina (Heldr.) Hayek – — wfo-1200068335
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aguilellae Mateo & M.B.Crespo Flora Montiber. 40: 54 (-55; fig. 2) (2008) wfo-0001331497
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aichingeriana Welw. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. : 848 wfo-0000114135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aintabica (Post) Bornm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 20 (1917) wfo-0000077878
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea ajtayana J.Wagner Magyar Bot. Lapok vi. 115 (1907). wfo-0000010786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea akcadaghensis Uysal & Şirin Medit. Bot. 41(2): 174. 2020 wfo-1000021665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea akmanii Yıld. Ot Sistematik Botanik Dergisi. The Herb Journal of Systematic Botany 19(2):7 (2012) — wfo-1000080000
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea akroteriensis Gennaio & Q.G.Manni Phytotaxa 436(3): 260. 2020 wfo-0001443361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aksoyi Hamzaoğlu & Budak Nordic Journal of Botany 27:16 (2009) — wfo-1000080001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alba Herb.Calc. ex C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind. : 239 (1876) wfo-0000074802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alba M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 353 (1808) wfo-0000093502
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alba f. titani Pamp. Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 4(3-4): 117 (1920) wfo-0001322674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alba var. montsicciana (Pau & Font Quer ex Font Quer) O.Bolòs & Vigo Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 17(1): 92 (1988) wfo-0001389586
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea albarracinensis Rouy Fl. France 9: 169 (1905) wfo-0000013186
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alberti Rouy Fl. France 9: 147 (1905) wfo-0000124595
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea albertii Rexhepi Fl. Srbije 10: 351. 1986 wfo-0000065865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea albicaulis (Deflers) O.Schwartz Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 293 (1939) wfo-0000040146
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea albispina Aitch. & Hemsl. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3(1): 81. 1888 [1888-94 publ. Apr 1888] wfo-0000010983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea albuferae M.Costa Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 37(2): 292 (1981) wfo-0000009290
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alejandrei Patino, Urrutia & J.Valencia Flora Montiber. 88: 88 2024 wfo-1000065647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alejandrei var. leronenis Patino, Urrutia & J.Valencia Flora Montiber. 88: 88 2024 wfo-1200099507
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alexandri-borzae Prodan & Nyár. Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 8: 130 (1929), hybr. (1928 publ. 1929) wfo-0000072732
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alexandrina Hutch. & Dalziel 953+ed. 1+ 2: 176 1931 — wfo-0000074983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alfonsoi Negaresh Ann. Bot. Fenn. 51(3): 195 (2014) wfo-0001339829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea algeriensis Durieu & Coss. Notes Pl. Crit. : 136 wfo-0000078376
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aliena J.Wagner Bot. Közlem. 9: 66. 1910; Magyar Bot. Lap. wfo-0000074494
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea alluvialis Soest Ned. Kruidk. Arch. liv. 99 (1947), sine descr. l wfo-0000133491
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea altaica Fisch. ex Spreng. Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 1: 59 (1813) wfo-0000039640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea amadanensis subsp. gymnoclada (Jaub. & Spach) Negaresh Phytotaxa 363(1): 20. 2018 wfo-0001425803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea amadanensis subsp. ranjbarii Negaresh Phytotaxa 363(1): 20. 2018 wfo-1200002491
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea amanosensis M.Bona Pl. Biosystems 150(5): 1083 (2015) — wfo-1000080002
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea amara Hablitz Taur. : 155 wfo-0000036187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea ambigua thom. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 573 (1838) wfo-0000073289
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea amblensis subsp. tentudaica (Rivas Goday) Rivas Mart. – — wfo-1200112169
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea amphiloba Hausskn. Mitt. Bot. Ver. Jena 3(2-3): 229. 1884 wfo-0000086521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea anathoth Al-Hali Gazelle Palestinian Biol. Bull. 127: 10, figs. 1-4 (2015) — wfo-1000081226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea andresii var. sanemilianensis Patino, Urrutia & J.Valencia Flora Montiber. 88: 87 2024 wfo-1200099506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea andresii var. ubinianensis Patino, Urrutia & J.Valencia Flora Montiber. 88: 87 2024 wfo-1200099505
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea ankarica Uysal & Hamzaoğlu Türl. Hab. 3(2): 83. 2022 [31 Dec 2022] [epublished] wfo-1000044247
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea antennata subsp. meridionalis (O.Bolòs & Vigo) Serra & M.B.Crespo Ruizia 19: 858 (2008) wfo-0001361269
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea antennata var. meridionalis (O.Bolòs & Vigo) M.A.Navarro & M.B.Crespo Sierra Reclot 58. 1999 wfo-0001383272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea antoniae Hulják & J.Wagner Bot. Közlem. 38: 77 (1941) wfo-0000034820
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea apiculata subsp. spinulosa (Rochel ex Sprengel) Dostál Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(3): 196 (1976) wfo-0000112836
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aplolepa var. ligustica Gremli ex Briq. Monogr. Centaurées Alpes Marit. 142 (1902). wfo-0000110382
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arachnoidea subsp. adonidifolia (Rchb.) F.Conti, Moraldo & Ricceri Ann. Bot. Fenn. 48(3): 210 (2011) wfo-0001362026
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arachnoidea subsp. montis-ferrati Ricceri, Moraldo & F.Conti Ann. Bot. Fenn. 48(3): 213 (-215; fig. 14) (2011) wfo-0001362027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea ardabilica Ranjbar & Heydari Phytotaxa 201(1): 80 (2015) wfo-0001342473
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arenaria subsp. borysthenica (Grunner) Dostál Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(3): 197 (1976) wfo-0000103972
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arenaria subsp. majorovii (Dumbadze) Dostál Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(3): 197 (1976) wfo-0000071301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arenaria subsp. sophiae (Klokov) Dostál Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(3): 197 (1976) wfo-0000104036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arenaria var. tauscheri (A.Kern.) Gajić Fl. Srbije 7: 254. 1975 wfo-0001386705
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea argentea Friv. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 429 (1879) wfo-0000080392
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea argyrolepis Hayek Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 70: 696 (1901) wfo-0000135985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea argyrophylla Willd. Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 61. 1814 [Jul-Dec 1814] wfo-0000134335
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arisitensis H.J.Coste & Sennen Brotéria, Sér. Bot. 23: 90. 1927 , in obs., hybr. wfo-0000003416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aristata Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 480. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873] wfo-0000117369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aristifera Pau ex Vicioso Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. v. 234 (1906). wfo-0000130243
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea armena Freyn & Sint. – — wfo-0000089289
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea armoracifolia Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Graec. Prod. ii. 205. — wfo-0000068817
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arnaudii Rouy Fl. France 9: 138, in syn. (1905) wfo-0000136725
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea arnoldi Colla Herb. Pedem. 3: 274 (1834) wfo-0000004778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aschersoniana Vetter Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève v. 1888 (1889) 11 wfo-0000032535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aspera subsp. geladensis P. P. Ferrer, Solanas & M. B. Crespo – — wfo-1200112033
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea asperula Halácsy Bull. Herb. Boissier vi. 588. wfo-0000045235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea atrata subsp. nigrifimbria (K.Koch) Dostál Preslia 10: 60 (1931) — wfo-0000060178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea atrobanatica Nyar. Bot. Közlem. 40: 26, in clavi. (1943) wfo-0000078036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea atropurpurea subsp. soskae (Stoj. & Acht.) Dostál Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(3): 195 (1976) wfo-0001363788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea attica L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb. 54. 1912 , nomen wfo-0000090104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea attica var. pateraea Halácsy – wfo-0001415161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea augustinii Sennen Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 1912, xi. 200, hybr. wfo-0000103706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aulieatensis Iljin Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 205 (1933), in syn. (1933) wfo-0000030612
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aurata Nyar. Bot. Közlem. 40: 42, in clavi. (1943) wfo-0000044736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea auricularis Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. ii. 68. wfo-0000124458
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea aurigerana Sennen Diagn. Nouv. : 19 (1936) wfo-0000073374
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea australis Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 479. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873] wfo-0000120545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea austriaca f. brevicaulis Raclaru Analele Univ. Bucureşti, Biol. Veg. 22: 126, without latin descr. or type. 1973 wfo-0001322850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea austriacoides Woł. Spraw. Komis. Fizjogr. xxvii. (1892) 206; et in Oest wfo-0000038234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea austro-salonitana Stoj. & Acht. Bull. Inst. Roy. Hist. Nat. Sophia 9: 145. 1936 wfo-0000121187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea austrobalcanica (Skokanová) Raus & Strid Phytol. Balcan. 26(3): 505. 2020 wfo-1000021666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea austrobalcanica subsp. prisadana (Skokanová) Raus & Strid Phytol. Balcan. 26(3): 505. 2020 wfo-1200007428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea axillaris var. nana Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. : 447 (1831) wfo-0000083355
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Centaurea axonensis Arènes Centaur. Franc. Sous-Sect. Eu-Jac. Boiss. 42. [1938-9] ; cf. Arenes in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, xvi. 521 (1945), cum descr. lat. wfo-0000081889