Asteraceae
Centaurea

Centaurea axillaris Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2290 (1803), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & SE. Europe and Iraq. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad. [Cited as Centaurea triumfettii.]
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Centaurea triumfettii subsp. cana.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 31, 1865 Außerdorfer, A. [s.n.] Austria K002018740 Yes
May 31, 1865 Außerdorfer, A. [s.n.] Austria K001790543 Yes
Jul 22, 1856 Huet du Pavilon, E.; Huet du Pavilon, A. [353] Italy K002018897 Yes
Jun 17, 1856 Boiss.; Reuter Italy K002018900 Yes
Oct 1, 1850 Daenen [40] Italy K001790544 Yes
Jan 1, 1835 de Darmstadt [3181/28] K001790545 Yes
Aucher-Eloy [4841] Iran Centaurea cana K001790557 Yes
Aucher-Eloy [3161] Centaurea cana K002105501 Yes
Aucher-Eloy [4843] Centaurea cana K001790556 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images