Nomenclature: wfo-0000095537
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Centaurea jacea Sp. Pl. : 914 (1753)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Sp. Pl. 2: 914. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000794013: Gonzalo, H. [5501] Spain Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000794014: Charqueia, B. [87] Portugal Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 190753-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record gcc-51717
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: gcc-51717
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2022-06 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12Placement: Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Centaurea > Centaurea jacea
Subtaxa
- Centaurea jacea subsp. angustifolia
- Centaurea jacea subsp. banatica
- Centaurea jacea subsp. dracunculifolia
- Centaurea jacea subsp. forojuliensis
- Centaurea jacea subsp. gaudinii
- Centaurea jacea subsp. haynaldii
- Centaurea jacea subsp. jacea
- Centaurea jacea subsp. julica
- Centaurea jacea subsp. substituta
- Centaurea jacea subsp. timbalii
- Centaurea jacea subsp. vinyalsii
- Centaurea jacea subsp. weldeniana
Synonyms
- Rhaponticum jacea
- Centaurea variabilis
- Centaurea lusitanica
- Centaurea jacea var. jacea
- Centaurea jacea f. jacea
- Centaurea pratensis
- Centaurea jacea subsp. jungens
- Centaurea jacea subsp. lusitanica
- Centaurea jacea f. majuscula
- Centaurea jacea f. scopulicola
- Jacea pratensis