Centaurea macrocephala

Centaurea macrocephala

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
Species: Centaurea macrocephala

Name

Centaurea macrocephala Muss.Puschk. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3(3): 2298. 1803 [Apr-Dec 1803]

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Grossheimia macrocephala (Muss.-Puschk. ex Willd.) Sosn. & Takht., Dokl. Akad. Nauk Armenii 3(1): 22. 1945.
  • Phaeopappus macrocephalus (Muss.-Puschk. ex Willd.) Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1, 6: 124. 1846 [1845 publ. Jul 1846]
  • Phaeopappus macrocephalus (Muss.-Puschk. ex Willd.) Freyn & Sint., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 44: 220. 1894.
  • Plumosipappus macrocephalus (Muss.-Puschk. ex Willd.) Czerep., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 458. 1960.
• Heterotypic
  • Phaeopappus paphlagonicus Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 59 Abt. B: 304, in adnot. 1939.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruzija, incl. Nakhichevan) Regional: Western Asia Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan), Turkey (NE-Anatolia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Centaurea macrocephala in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2011 Sept 14.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Centaurea macrocephala. 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 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Centaurea macrocephala. Published online. Accessed: May 08 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Centaurea macrocephala in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 08.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Centaurea macrocephala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 May 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Centaurea macrocephala in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Großköpfige Flockenblume
suomi: Keltakaunokki
français: Centaurée à grosse tête
polski: Chaber wielkoglówkowy

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