Taxon: Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AZ*°, CA*, NV*°, OR*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• centáurea-gigante   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• Iberian star thistle   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan [s.e.]; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  China: China - Xinjiang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Ukraine - Krym
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Romania

Other:

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains) [natzd.].
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus. (F Cyprus)
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz) [natzd.].
• Ochsmann, J. 2001. Knapweeds (Centaurea L. and some related genera) in North America. In: Ochsmann, J., Welcome to the Centaurea pages. (Centaurea Pages)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rollins, R. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 1986. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh. 89:296.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India. (F India)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Centaurea iberica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Centaurea iberica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316084 (22 November 2009)

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