Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
CENTAUREA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 909. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Centaurea paniculata Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centaurea benedicta | BLESSED THISTLE | Not Native | ||
| Centaurea cyanus | GARDEN CORNFLOWER | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos | SPOTTED KNAPWEED | Not Native |
Identification Key
1. Leaf margins prickly; heads sessile, enveloped by foliaceous bracts; phyllaries spine-tipped; corolla yellow
1. Leaf margins not prickly; heads pedunculate; phyllaries apically fimbriate; corolla white, pink, blue, to purple
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2. Annual; leaves entire, unlobed
2. Perennial; cauline leaves pinnatifid or pinnately lobed
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acosta | Acosta Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 117, 512. 1763. | TYPE: Centaurea spinosa Linnaeus | |
| Acrocentron | Acrocentron Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 37. 1826. | TYPE: Centaurea collina Linnaeus | |
| Acrolophus | Acrolophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 247, 253. 1827. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Acroptilon | Acroptilon Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 464. 1827. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Aegialophila | Aegialophila Boissier & Heldreibh ex Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2(10): 105. 1849. | TYPE: Aegialophila pumila (Linnaeus) Boissier (Centaurea pumila Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 1: 62. 1873. | |
| Aetheopappus | Aetheopappus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 247, 250. 1827; 51: 53. 1827. | TYPE: Aetheopappus pulcherrimus (Willdenow) Cassini (Centaurea pulcherrima Willdenow) | |
| Alophium | Alophium Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 54: 493. 1829. | TYPE: Alophium tenuifolium Cassini | |
| Amblyopogon | Amblyopogon (Fischer & C. A. Meyer ex de Candolle) Jaubert & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 3: 23. 1847. | BASIONYM: Amberboa (Persoon) Lessing, sect. Amblyopogon Fischer & C. A. Meyer ex de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 561. 1838. | TYPE: Amblyopogon incanescens (Fischer & C. A. Meyer ex de Candolle) Jaubert & Spach (Amberboa incanescens Fischer & C. A. Meyer ex de Candolle) |
| Benedicta | Benedicta Bernhardi, Syst. Verz. 108, 159. 1800. | TYPE: Benedicta officinalis Bernhardi (Cnicus benedictus Linnaeus) = Cnicus Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Calcitrapa | Calcitrapa Heister ex Fabricius, Enum. 94. 1759. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Calcitrapa | Calcitrapa Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 20. 1762, non Heister ex Fabricius 1759. | TYPE: Calcitrapa hypophaestum Gaertner (Centaurea calcitrapa Linnaeus) = Hippophaestum Gray 1821. | |
| Calcitrapoides | Calcitrapoides Fabricius, Enum. 94. 1759. | TYPE: Centaurea romana Linnaeuss | |
| Callicephalus | Callicephalus C. A. Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer 66. 1831. | TYPE: Callicephalus nitens (Marschall von Bieberstein ex Willdenow) C. A. Meyer (Centaurea nitens Marschall von Bieberstein ex Willdenow) | |
| Carbeni | Carbeni Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 116, 532. 1763. | TYPE: = Cnicus Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Cestrinus | Cestrinus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 8: 24. 1817. | TYPE: Cestrinus carthamoides Cassini, nom. illegit. (Centaurea acaulis Linnaeus) | |
| Chartolepis | Chartolepis Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 35, 36. 1826. | TYPE: Chartolepis glastifolia (Linnaeus) Cassini (Centaurea glastifolia Linnaeus) | |
| Cheirolepis | Cheirolepis Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2(10): 106. 1849. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Cheirolophus | Cheirolophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 247, 250. 1827; 51: 56. 1827. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Cnicus | Cnicus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 826. 1753, nom. cons. | TYPE: Cnicus benedictus Linnaeus 1753, typ. cons. | |
| Colymbada | Colymbada Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 31. 1762. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Crepula | Crepula Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 9. 1762. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Crocodilium | Crocodilium Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 22. 1762. | TYPE: Centaurea crocodylium Linnaeus | |
| Cyanus | Cyanus Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Eremopappus | Eremopappus Takhtajan, Proc. Acad. Sci. Armen. SSR 2(1): 25. 1945. | TYPE: Eremopappus pulchellus (Ledebour) Takhtajan (Centaurea pulchella Ledebour) = Hyalea Jaubert & Spach 1847. | |
| Eriopha | Eriopha Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 47. 1762. | TYPE: Centaurea eriophora Linnaeus | |
| Fornicium | Fornicium Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1819: 93. 1819. | TYPE: Fornicium rhaponticoides Cassini | |
| Grossheimia | Grossheimia Sosnowsky & Takhtajan, Proc. Acad. Sci. Armen. SSR 3(1): 22. 1945. | TYPE: Grossheimia macrocephala (Mussin-Puschkin ex Willdenow) Sosnowsky & Takhtajan (Centaurea macrocephala Mussin-Puschkin ex Willdenow) | |
| Heraclea | Heraclea Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 37. 1762. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Heterolophus | Heterolophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 250. 1827. | TYPE: Heterolophus sibiricus (Linnaeus) Cassini (Centaurea sibirica Linnaeus) | |
| Hippophaestum | Hippophaestum Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 433, 443. 1821. | TYPE: Hippophaestum vulgare Gray, nom. illegit. (Centaurea calcitrapa Linnaeus) Substitute name for Calcitrapa Hill 1762, non Heister ex Fabricius 1759. | |
| Hyalea | Hyalea Jaubert & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 3: 19, t. 292. 1847. | TYPE: Hyalea pulchella (Ledebour) K. Koch (Centaurea pulchella Ledebour) | |
| Hymenocentron | Hymenocentron Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 37. 1826. | TYPE: Centaurea diluta Dryander | |
| Jacea | Jacea Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. | TYPE: Centaurea jacea Linnaeus Lectotypified by Dostal, Acta Univ. Palack. Olomuc. Fac. Rerum. Nat., Olomuc. 31: 5-39. 1971. | |
| Leucacantha | Leucacantha Nieuwland & Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 71. 1917. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Leucantha | Leucantha Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 433, 443. 1821. | TYPE: Leucantha cyanifolia Gray, nom. illegit. (Centaurea solstitialis Linnaeus) = Solstitiaria Hill 1762, by lectotypification. | |
| Lopholoma | Lopholoma Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 37. 1826. | TYPE: Centaurea scabiosa Linnaeus | |
| Malacocephalus | Malacocephalus Tausch, Flora 11: 481. 1828. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Mantisalca | Mantisalca Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 142. 1818. | TYPE: Centaurea salmantica Linnaeus | |
| Melanoloma | Melanoloma Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 29: 472. 1823. | TYPE: Melanoloma humilis Cassini, nom. illegit. (Centaurea pullata Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 258. 1874. | |
| Menomphalus | Menomphalus Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 32. 1874. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Mesocentron | Mesocentron Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 38. 1826. | TYPE: Centaurea eriophora Linnaeus = Eriopha Hill 1762. | |
| Microlonchoides | Microlonchoides Candargy, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 145. 1897. | TYPE: Microlonchoides pinnata Candargy | |
| Microlonchus | Microlonchus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 38. 1826, nom. alt. | TYPE: = Mantisalca Cassini 1818. | |
| Microlophus | Microlophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 37. 1826. | TYPE: Centaurea alata Lamarck | |
| Odontolophus | Odontolophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 252. 1827. | TYPE: Odontolophus cyanoides Cassini, nom. illegit. (Centaurea trinervia Stephan ex Willdenow) | |
| Pectinastrum | Pectinastrum Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 38. 1826. | TYPE: Pectinastrum napifolium (Linnaeus) Cassini (Centaurea napifolia Linnaeus) | |
| Petrodavisia | Petrodavisia Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 10: 193. 1975. | TYPE: Petrodavisia bracteata (Boissier) Holub (Ptosimopappus bracteatus Boissier) | |
| Phaeopappus | Phaeopappus (de Candolle) Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1(6): 122. 1846. | BASIONYM: Amberboa (Persoon) Lessing, sect. Phaeopappus de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 560. 1838. | TYPE: = Tomanthea de Candolle 1838. |
| Phalolepis | Phalolepis Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 248. 1827. | TYPE: Centaurea splendens Linnaeus | |
| Philostizus | Philostizus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 38. 1826. | TYPE: Philostizus ferox Desfontaines | |
| Phrygia | Phrytia (Persoon) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 433, 441. 1821. | BASIONYM: Centaurea Linnaeus, subg. Phrygia Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 482. 1807. | TYPE: Non designatus. |
| Piptoceras | Piptoceras Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 54: 487. 1829. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Platylophus | Platylophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 36. 1826, nom. rej. vs. Platylophus D. Don 1830. | TYPE: Centaurea nigra Linnaeus | |
| Plumosipappus | Plumosipappus Czerepanov, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR 20: 457. 1960. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Polyacantha | Polyacantha Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 433, 443. 1821. | TYPE: Polyacantha procumbens Gray, nom. illegit. (Centaurea isnardii Linnaeus) | |
| Psephellus | Psephellus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 43: 488. 1826. | TYPE: Psephellus calocephalus Cassini, Nom. Illegit. (Centaurea dealbata Willdenow; Psephellus dealbatus (Willdenow) K. Koch) | |
| Psora | Psora Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 30. 1762. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Pterolophus | Pterolophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 34. 1826. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Ptosimopappus | Ptosimopappus Boissier, Voy. Bot. Esp. 2: 739. 1845. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Pycnocomus | Pycnocomus Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 38. 1762. | TYPE: = Calcitrapoides Fabricius 1759. | |
| Sagmen | Sagmen Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 35. 1762. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Seridia | Seridia Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 173. 1789. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Setachna | Setachna Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 518. 1867. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Solstitiaria | Solstitiaria Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 21. 1762. | TYPE: Solstitiaria solstitialis (Linnaeus) Hill (Centaurea solstitialis Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 1195. 1874. | |
| Sphaerocephala | Sphaerocephala Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 48. 1762. | TYPE: Centaurea sphaerocephala Linnaeus | |
| Spilacron | Spilacron Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 238. 1827. | TYPE: Spilacron crupinoides Cassini, nom. illegit. (Centaurea arenaria Marschall von Bieberstein ex Willdenow) | |
| Staebe | Staebe Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 33. 1762, non Stoebe Linnaeus 1753, nec Staebe Hill 1761. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Stenolophus | Stenolophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 50: 499. 1827. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Stizolophus | Stizolophus Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 51: 49. 1827. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Tetramorphaea | Tetramorphaea de Candolle, Arch Bot. (Guillemin) 2: 331. 1833. | TYPE: Tetramorphaea bruguieriana de Candolle | |
| Tomanthea | Tomanthea de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 564. 1838. | TYPE: Tomanthea aucheri de Candolle | |
| Triplocentron | Triplocentron Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 38. 1826. | TYPE: Triplocentron melitense (Linnaeus) Cassini (Centaurea melitensis Linnaeus) | |
| Veltis | Veltis Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 116, 617. 1763. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Verutina | Verutina Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 44: 38. 1826; 58: 8. 1829. | TYPE: Verutina heterophylla Cassini, nom. illegit. (Centaurea verutum Linnaeus) | |
| Xanthopsis | Xanthopsis (de Candolle) K. Koch, Linnaea 24: 422. 1851. | BASIONYM: Amberboa (Persoon) Lessing, sect. Xanthopsis de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 561. 1838. | TYPE: Xanthopsis xanthocephala (de Candolle) K. Koch (Amberboa xanthocephala de Candolle) |