Cheirolophus crassifolius

Taxonavigation

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

Basionym
- Centaurea crassifolia Bertol., Ann. Storia Nat. 2: 359 (1829).
Homotypic
- Centaurea spathulata Zerafa, Fl. Melit. Thes. 1: 11 (1827), nom. illeg. non Centaurea spathulata Ten., Fl. Napol. 1: LI (1811).
- Palaeocyanus crassifolius (Bertol.) Dostál, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 19(1–4): 74 (1973).
- Centaurea nitida Naldi ex DC., Prodr. 6: 601 (1838), nom. illeg. non Centaurea nitida Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 49 (1778) [publ. after 21 Mar 1779].

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Malta. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Susanna, A., Garnatje, T. & Garcia-Jacas, N. 1999. Molecular phylogeny of Cheirolophus (Asteraceae: Cardueae-Centaureinae) based on ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Plant Systematics and Evolution 214(1–4): 147–160, DOI:10.1007/BF00985736. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cheirolophus crassifolius in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Apr 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cheirolophus crassifolius. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cheirolophus crassifolius. Accessed: 21 Apr 2024.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Cheirolophus crassifolius in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Apr 21.

For more multimedia, look at Cheirolophus crassifolius on Wikimedia Commons.