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December 2023

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Centaurea sphaerocephala L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 916 (1753) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000002587.

Synonyms of Centaurea sphaerocephala L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Centaurea corsica Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 27 (1875) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000003822
Centaurea sphaerocephala J.Gav ex Durieu Rev. Bot. Recueil Mens. 2: 429. 1847 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000011517
Centaurea caespitosa Cirillo Pl. Rar. Neapol. 1: 24. 1788 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000019966
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. sphaerocephala wfo-0000050213
Centaurea pterocaulos Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. : 29 (1874) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000080424
Calcitrapoides sphaerocephala (L.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8(2): 170 (1973) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000089347
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. oligocentra Maire wfo-0000097965
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. fontanesii (Durieu) Batt. wfo-0000105987
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. transiens Faure & Maire wfo-0000112091
Centaurea linnaeana Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 1(3): 450 (1849) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000119260
Centaurea ixodes Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. : 284 (1875) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000121213

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link