Centaurea spinosa

Taxonavigation

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

Centaurea spinosa L., Sp. Pl.: 912 (1753).

Typus: "Habitat in Creta." Lectotype: Herb. Clifford: 422, Centaurea 15 (BM) (designated by Turland in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 25: 146, f. 17 (1995)).

Homotypic
- Acosta spinosa (L.) Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 124 (1777).
Heterotypic
- Centaurea spinosa f. glabrata Heldr., Exsicc. (Herb. Graec. Norm.) 1889: n.° 1045 (1889).
- Centaurea spinosa var. tomentosa Halácsy, Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 634 (1898).
  - Centaurea spinosa subsp. tomentosa (Halácsy) Hayek, Centaur. Exsicc. Crit. 1: No. 114 (1913).
- Centaurea cycladum Heldr., Exsicc. (Herb. Graec. Norm.) 1902: n.° 1652 (1902).
  - Centaurea spinosa subsp. cycladum (Heldr.) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 779 (1931).
- Centaurea tragacanthoides Rech.f., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43: 145 (1938).
  - Typus: [Greece,] Samos, Gipfel des Kerki, Kalkfelsen, etwa 1400 m, 15 Apr 1934, Rechinger 4108b (Holotype: W 1939-0002158).
  - Centaurea spinosa var. tragacanthoides (Rech.f.) Wagenitz, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 429 (1975).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Kriti, Turkey-in-Europe. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Turland, N.J. 1995. Linnaeus's interpretation of Prospero Alpino's De plantis exoticis, with special emphasis on the flora of Crete. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Botany Series 25(2): 127–159. BHL Reference page.
Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, 1016 pp. Reference page.

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