Genus: Centaurea L.

• conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.9 & App. III)
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Brummitt, R. K. 2004. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 54. Taxon 53:818. [recommended].
  
• Garcia-Jacas, N. et al. 2000. The natural delimitation of Centaurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae): ITS sequence analysis of the Centaurea jacea group. Pl. Syst. Evol. 223:185–199.
  
• Garcia-Jacas, N. et al. 2001. Generic delimitation and phylogeny of the subtribe Centaureinae (Asteraceae): a combined nuclear and chloroplast DNA analysis. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 87:503–515.
  
• Greuter, W. et al. 2001. (1509) Proposal to conserve the name Centaurea with a conserved type. Taxon 50:1201–1205.
  
• Ochsmann, J. 2001. Welcome to the Centaurea pages. (Centaurea Pages)
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (= ) Ammocyanus (Boiss.) Dostál
• (= ) Chartolepis Cass.
• (~ ) Cheirolophus Cass.
• (= ) Chrysopappus Takht.
• (=~) Cnicus L.
• (= ) Cyanus Mill.
• (= ) Cynaroides (Boiss. ex Walp.) Dostál
• (= ) Grossheimia Sosn. & Takht.
• (= ) Paraphysis (DC.) Dostál
• (= ) Petrodavisia Holub
• (= ) Phaeopappus (DC.) Boiss.
• (~ ) Plectocephalus D. Don
• (= ) Seridia Juss.
• (= ) Wagenitzia Dostál

Check other nomenclature databases for Centaurea:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Disseminule drawings (Centaurea depressa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Centaurea depressa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images (Centaurea calcitrapa): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea debeauxii): Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea diffusa): Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea jacea): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea nigra): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea solstitialis): Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea stoebe): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea stoebe subsp. australis): Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea stoebe subsp. stoebe): Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Centaurea triumfettii): Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruits (Centaurea benedicta): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruits (Centaurea benedicta): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Fruits (Centaurea cyanus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruits (Centaurea cyanus): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Fruits (Centaurea depressa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruits (Centaurea diffusa): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Fruits (Centaurea jacea): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruits (Centaurea solstitialis): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Fruits (Centaurea stoebe subsp. australis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruits (Centaurea stoebe subsp. australis): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Fruits (Centaurea stoebe subsp. stoebe): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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