Genus:Centaurea Family:Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) subfamily: Carduoideae tribe: Cardueae subtribe: Centaureinae. Nomen number: 409101 Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:913. 1753 Typification:View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London. Name verified on: 03-Jul-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 20-Apr-2009
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