Taxon: Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

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:

• Iberian knapweed   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• Iberian star thistle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

Distributional range:

• 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 [n.w.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Moldova; Ukraine - Krym
  Southeastern Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Greece; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia

• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Italy [incl. Sicily]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina

• EUROPE
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania
  Southwestern Europe: France

References:

• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. [natzd.].
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. [natzd.].
• Ochsmann, J. 2001. Knapweeds (Centaurea L. and some related genera) in North America. In: Ochsmann, J., Welcome to the Centaurea pages.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rollins, R. C. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 1986. Weeds of south-west Asia in North America with special reference to the Cruciferae. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89B: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.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Centaurea iberica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Centaurea iberica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Centaurea iberica.

Check other web resources for Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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