Centaurea spinosa

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: Centaurea spinosa

Name

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)).

Synonyms

• 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).

Homonyms

• Centaurea spinosa Griseb. = Centaurea diffusa Lam.

Distribution

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, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 912. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Centaurea spinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Centaurea spinosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Aug 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Centaurea spinosa. Published online. Accessed: 23 Aug 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Centaurea spinosa. Accessed: 23 Aug 2024.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Centaurea spinosa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug 23.
• JSTOR Global Plants. Centaurea spinosa. Accessed: 2024 Aug 23 Reference page. 

For more multimedia, look at Centaurea spinosa on Wikimedia Commons.