Group: Dicot Family: Asteraceae Rank: genus

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 909-919. 1753. (Sp. Pl.) View 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)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr 1995. (none). Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.