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Centaurea L. 
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Group: Dicot Family: Asteraceae Rank: genus

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 909-919. 1753. (Sp. Pl.) View in BotanicusView in Botanicus
Type Specimens (2)
  • LT: Centaurea centaurium L. - Species Plantarum 2: 909. 1753. LT designated by N. L. Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U. S. ed. 2. 3: 556 (1913)
  • CT: Centaurea paniculata L. - Species Plantarum 2: 909. 1753. CT proposed by Greuter et al., Taxon 50: 1201 (2001)
Next Higher Taxon:
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl O Prirozenosti Rostlin 254. 1820. (Prir. Rostlin)
Common Names:
  • knapweed (English, United States)


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