Taxonavigation

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Centaurea
Subgenus: C. subg. Centaurea
Sectio: C. sect. Centaurea
Species: Centaurea paniculata
Subspecies: C. p. subsp. cossoniana – C. p. subsp. estrellensis – C. p. subsp. paniculata – C. p. subsp. polycephala – C. p. subsp. rigidula

Name

Centaurea paniculata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 912 (1753).

Homonyms

• Centaurea paniculata Bieb. = Centaurea stoebe subsp. stoebe
• Centaurea paniculata Lag. ex DC. = Centaurea hanrii subsp. spinabadia (Bubani ex Timb.-Lagr.) B.E. Smythies
• Centaurea paniculata Pett. ex Nym. = Centaurea cristata Bartl.
• Centaurea paniculata Sibth. & Sm. = Centaurea graeca Griseb.
• Centaurea paniculata Vill. = Centaurea leucophaea subsp. leucophaea

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 912. Reference page. 
• Greuter, W. & al. (2001) Proposal to conserve the name Centaurea (Compositae) with a conseved type. Taxon 50: pp. 1201-1205.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Centaurea paniculata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Centaurea paniculata. Published online. Accessed: May 10 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Centaurea paniculata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 10.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Centaurea paniculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 May 2018.

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