Centaurea diffusa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Centaurea
Subgenus: C. subg. Centaurea
Sectio: C. sect. Centaurea
Species: Centaurea diffusa

Name

Centaurea diffusa Lam., Encycl. 1: 675. 1785.

Type: Western Europe. [Turkey?] ‘Carduus orientalis calcitrapae folio, flore minimo’, Tournefort s.n. (P!)

Synonyms

Acosta aemulans (KIok.) Holub
Acosta diffusa (Lam.) Soják
Acrolophus diffusus (Lam.) A. & D. Love
Centaurea aemulans Klok.
Centaurea ammophila Bess. ex DC.
Centaurea microcalathina A.O. Tarasov
Centaurea ovina Pall. ex Steud.
Centaurea parviflora Bess.
Centaurea parviflora Sibth. & Sm.
Centaurea sabulosa Ledeb. ex Spreng.
Centaurea spinosa Griseb.
Centaurea stoebe Tausch

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- France, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Poland (introduced), Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, European Turkey, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, N-, C-, E- & S-European Russia
Continental: Asie
- Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Lamarck, J.-B., Encycl. Méth. Bot., 1: 675–676, 1785[1]

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Centaurea diffusa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Centaurea diffusa. Published online. Accessed: May 05 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Centaurea diffusa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 05.
Tropicos.org 2018. Centaurea diffusa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 May 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Centaurea diffusa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Compositae Life desks[2]
Tela Botanica [3]

Vernacular names

العربية: قنطريون منتشر
azərbaycanca: Səpələng güləvər
English: White knapweed
suomi: Harakankaunokki
українська: Волошка розлога
中文: 铺散矢车菊

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