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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Plectocephalus D.Don

This genus name was first published in Brit. Fl. Gard. 4: ad t. 51 (1830)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000030193.

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Synonyms of Plectocephalus

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Centaurea sect. Plectocephalus	(D.Don) DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6: 575. 1837 [Jan 1838]		wfo-3400005009

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Plectocephalus:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Plectocephalus atacamensis	(Reiche) Penneck. & Chaura	Phytotaxa 437(4): 230. 2020	wfo-1000024205
Plectocephalus bridgesii	(S.Moore) Penneck. & Chaura	Phytotaxa 437(4): 230. 2020	wfo-1000024206
Plectocephalus bulbosus	(Hook. & Arn.) Penneck. & Chaura	Phytotaxa 437(4): 230. 2020	wfo-1000024207
Plectocephalus cachinalensis	(Phil.) N.Garcia & Susanna	Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 108(2): 277 (2011)	wfo-0001332110
Plectocephalus chilensis var. brevilobus	(DC.) Penneck. & Chaura	Phytotaxa 437(4): 230. 2020	wfo-1200007702
Plectocephalus floccosus	(Hook. & Arn.) N.Garcia & Susanna	Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 108(2): 277 (2011)	wfo-0001332111
Plectocephalus formosus	(Ravenna) Penneck. & Gl.Rojas	Phytotaxa 437(4): 230. 2020	wfo-1000024208
Plectocephalus gayanus	(J.Rémy) Penneck. & Chaura	Phytotaxa 437(4): 232. 2020	wfo-1000024209
Plectocephalus illapelinus	(Phil.) Penneck. & Gl.Rojas	Phytotaxa 437(4): 232. 2020	wfo-1000024210
Plectocephalus monocephalus	(J.Rémy) Penneck. & Chaura	Phytotaxa 437(4): 233. 2020	wfo-1000024211
Plectocephalus tweediei	(Hook. & Arn.) N.Garcia & Susanna	Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 108(2): 277 (2011)	wfo-0001332112