Asteraceae
Centaurea

Centaurea solstitialis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 917 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Central Asia and Iran, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Oman, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alberta, Arizona, Baltic States, Bolivia, California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Berry, M. (2021). Adventives and aliens news 23. BSBI News 147: 40-47.
  • Berry, M. (2024). Adventives & aliens news 31. BSBI News 155: 21-31.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Flora of Iraq

  • Anthony in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 292 (1935)
  • Blakelock in Kew Bull. 4: 49 (1949)
  • Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 685 (1875)
  • Boulos & Hind in Fl. Egypt 3: 166 (2002)
  • Cherepanov in Fl. S.S.S.R. 28: 571 (1963)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 114 (1933)
  • Handel-Mazzetti in Ann. Naturh. Mus. Wien 27: 452 (1913)
  • L., Sp. Pl. ed. 1: 917 (1753)
  • Mouterde, Nouv. Fl. Liban et Syrie 3: 485 (1983)
  • Nábělek in Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk 52: 45 (1925)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Lowland Iraq: 656 (1964)
  • Regel in Candollea 16: 238 (1958)
  • Taifour & El-Oqlah, Pl. Jordan Ann. Checkl.: 39 (2017).
  • Wagenitz in Fl. Iranica 139B: 378 (1980)
  • Wagenitz in Fl. Turkey 5: 542 (1975)
  • Zohary in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 31: 156 (1950)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2013). https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/V38fC5Rg7SM7AW8CzfGZW. epublication.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Coveny, R.G. [10389] Australia K002022122 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [1561] United Kingdom K002009006 No
Kelsey, R.F. [s.n.] Australia K002022125 No
G. [Chappla]; Brenan, J.P.M. [3987] United Kingdom K002009002 No
K. H. [Macanlay] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002009008 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [1561] United Kingdom K002009005 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002022658 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001790770 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002009034 Yes
Wallroth [s.n.] Croatia K001790768 Yes
Reichel, H. (?) [316] Croatia K002009071 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002022657 Yes
Everist, S.L. [09856] Australia K002022129 No
Fry, J. [26225] Australia K002022128 No
Everist, S.L. [S55] Australia K002022124 No
Coveny, R.G.; Dunn, C.; Plat, J. [12494] K002022121 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [4011] United Kingdom K002009004 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [2905] United Kingdom K002009003 No
Ewart, W. [s.n.] Australia K002022127 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002022656 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002022655 Yes
Smith, R.V. [66/6] Australia K002022123 No
Dowling, R. [s.n.] Australia K002022120 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002009041 No
Visser, E.A. [199] South Africa K002022372 Yes
Cruttwell, N.E.G.; Mills, J.N.; Brenan, J.P.M. [6651] United Kingdom K002009007 No
Goddard, H.J.; [John Rulf] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002009040 No
Knight, A.S. [s.n.] Australia K002022126 No
Mooney, H.F. [7900] Ethiopia K002022293 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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