Asteraceae
Centaurea

Centaurea behen L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 914 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Turkmenistan and Iran. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • Arènes in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 94: 156 (1947)
  • Blakelock in Kew Bull. 4: 46 (1949)
  • Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 682 (1875)
  • Bornmüller in Beih. Bot. Centrabl. 60B: 213 (1939)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 113 (1933)
  • Feinbrun-Dothan, Fl. Palaest. 3: 396 (1978)
  • Gabrielian & Fragman-Sapir, Flow. Transcaucasus & Adj. Areas: 60 (2008).
  • Guest in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 27: 20 (1933)
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 914 (1753)
  • Nábělek in Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk 52: 43 (1925)
  • Rawi in Dep. Agr. Iraq Tech. Bull. 14: 108 (1964)
  • Tsvelev in Fl. S.S.S.R. 28: 561 (1963)
  • Wagenitz in Fl. Iranica 139B: 373 (1980)
  • Wagenitz in Fl. Turkey 5: 538 (1975)
  • Zohary in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 31: 156 (1950)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 15, 1983 Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [3224] K000794177 Type Yes
Jun 4, 1885 Stapf [s.n.] Iran K001790554 Yes
May 2, 1885 Stapf [629] Iran K002101088 Yes
Davis; Pollunin, O. [23806] Türkiye K002101041 No
Strauss [s.n.] Iran K002101082 Yes
Reichenbach, H.G. [s.n.] Iran K002101073 Yes
Szovits [540] K002101031 No
Sintenis, P. [435] Iran K002101090 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1147] Türkiye K002101037 No
Timmis, R. [62] Iran K002101078 Yes
s.coll. [594] Iran K002101087 Yes
Guest, E.R. [2674] Iraq K002101044 No
Davis; Polunin, O. [23278] Türkiye K002101034 No
Davis [22129] Türkiye K002101038 No
Rechinger, K.H. [49559] Iran K002101071 Yes
Pichler, T.; Polak, J.E. [s.n.] Iran K002101079 Yes
[U. Xaugresa] [s.n.] Armenia K002101024 No
Al-Rawi, A.; Serhang, I. [23802] Iraq K002101059 Yes
Furse; Synge [779] Iran K002101091 Yes
Furse, P. [3123] Iran K002101077 Yes
Salim [2607] Iraq K002101056 Yes
Haussknecht, C.; McSawers [s.n.] Iran K002101083 Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [540] Azerbaijan K002101025 No
Al-Rawi, A.; Serhang, I. [24274] Iraq K002101066 Yes
Haines, R.W. [W. 1183] Iraq K002101065 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K002101093 Yes
Al-Kaisi; Karim, F.; Hamad, K. [49807] Iraq K002101052 Yes
Cowie, Major; R.E. [13] Iran K002101075 Yes
Gillett [9625] Iraq K002101049 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [11026] Iraq K002101058 Yes
Guest, E.R. [2674] Iraq K002101043 No
Furse, P. [3348] Iran K002101076 Yes
de Bunge, Al. [s.n.] Iran K002101084 Yes
Al-Kaisi; Al-Khayat; Karim, F. [50866] Iraq K002101047 No
Ahmad; Jabar, A. [50153] Iraq K002101055 Yes
Bipontinus, S.; Cosson, E. [1080] Türkiye K002101036 No
Nuri; Kass [27281] Iraq K002101060 Yes
Rawi, A. [22806] Iraq K002101063 Yes
Omar, S. [37611] Iraq K002101062 Yes
Karabagh; Steven [s.n.] K002101030 No
Field, H.; Lazar, Y. [500] Iraq K002101046 No
Al-Kaisi; Hamad, K. [43542] Iraq K002101050 Yes
Guest, E.R. [13042] Iraq K002101051 Yes
Gillett [12399] Iraq K002101042 No
Bornmüller, J.; Bornmüller, A. [7263] Iran K002101085 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [399] Iraq K002101048 No
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Türkiye K002101035 No
Bishop [s.n.] Iran K002101070 Yes
Edmondson [689] Iran K002101081 Yes
Strauss, Th. [s.n.] Iran K002101086 Yes
Karjagin, I.; Gurvitsch, G. [s.n.] Russia K002101026 No
Boissier, E. [s.n.] Syria K002101039 No
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [5693] Iran K002101089 Yes
Rawi [22968] Iraq K002101045 No
Fischer [s.n.] K002101033 No
Omar, S.; Sahira; Karim, F.; Hamid, H. [38235] Iraq K002101068 Yes
Edmondson, J.R. [689] Iran K002101080 Yes
Rawi, A. [22764] Iraq K002101064 Yes
Tamanyan, K.; Mnatsakanyan, Sh. [77] Armenia K002101029 No
Garden [s.n.] K002101040 No
Bornmüller, J. [1476] Iraq K002101054 Yes
Furse; Synge [779] Iran K002101092 Yes
Al-Kaisi; Karim, F.; Hamad, K. [49807] Iraq K002101053 Yes
Szovits; Fischer [s.n.] K002101032 No
Trott, A.C. [115] Iran K002101074 Yes
Effendi, S. [2607] Iraq K002101057 Yes
Al-Rawi, A.; Serhang, I. [23775] Iraq K002101069 Yes
Al-Rawi, A.; Serhang, I. [24947] Iraq K002101067 Yes
Omar, S.; Al-Kaisi; Wedad [49468] Iraq K002101061 Yes
Boillier, E. [s.n.] Syria Serratula behen K002013277 Yes

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