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Taxon: Centaurea squarrosa Willd.

Synonym of Centaurea virgata Lam. subsp. squarrosa (Boiss.) Gugler

Genus: Centaurea
Family: Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Nomen number: 317192
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 3(3):2319. 1803 (non Roth 1800)
Comment: an illegitimate later homonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 53) that is unavailable for use
Name verified on: 19-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-May-2007
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

THIS NAME HAS BEEN USED FOR A SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
Has been used for 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 (see accepted name for other GRIN data):
AZ*°, CA*, UT*°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.

References:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China) [accepts].
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F) [= C. virgata Lam.].
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep) [accepts].
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
More:

Check other databases for Centaurea squarrosa Willd.:

  • 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.

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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?317192 (24 November 2009)

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