Asteraceae
Centaurea

Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1296 (1763)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Xinjiang. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Algeria, Arizona, Arkansas, Belgium, Brazil South, California, Cape Provinces, Connecticut, Ecuador, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Illinois, Ireland, Libya, Maryland, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Romania, South Carolina, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of China Editorial Committee (1988-2013). Checklist & Addendum. Flora of China Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico 19(1): 1-579. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Flora of Iraq

  • Garcia-Jacas et al. in Ann. Bot. 98(4): 741–753 (2006)
  • Greuter in Euro+Med Plantbase (2006)
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 826 (1753)
  • Zhu Shi & Ludwig Martins in Fl. China 20–21: 191 (2011).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2013). https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/V38fC5Rg7SM7AW8CzfGZW. epublication.
  • Ali, S.I. & Qaiser, M. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Pakistan 223: 1-363. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 20, 2023 Gogoladze, A.; Kikvidze, M.; Lomidze, K. [CRSB:2040] Georgia K009001669 No
s.coll. [714/8] Italy K001790504 Yes
Balls, E.K.; Gourlay, W.B. [898] Cnicus benedictus K002022939 Yes
Davis [42472] Cnicus benedictus K002022924 Yes
s.coll. [524] Cnicus benedictus K002022961 No
Atchley, S.C. [436] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022846 No
Bredemann, G.; Nieser, O. [42] Cnicus benedictus K002022823 Yes
Malden, E. [25041] Zimbabwe Cnicus benedictus K002022963 No
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [9136] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022831 Yes
Ellman, E.; Hubbard, C. [1081] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022847 No
Davis [41517] Cnicus benedictus K002022929 Yes
Macrae [s.n.] Cnicus benedictus K002022849 No
Samuels, J.D. [49] Cnicus benedictus K002022930 Yes
Gay, M.Cl. [s.n.] Chile Cnicus benedictus K002022973 No
Kennedy, E.W. [976] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022863 No
Casey, E.C. [494] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022878 No
Fernández, C; et al. [E-23071] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022845 No
Syngrassides, A. [1055] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022872 No
Atchley, S.C. [s.n.] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022833 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Ernst, W.R. [6013] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022844 No
Delile [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022812 Yes
King, R.M.; Heinz, F. [9393] Argentina Cnicus benedictus K002022972 No
Meikle, R.D. [2318] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022875 No
Willmott, E.A.; Pin, C. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022809 Yes
Wolfe, T.B. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022814 Yes
Pyrenees; Wolfe, T.B. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022819 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [976] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022862 No
Griffith [140] Afghanistan Cnicus benedictus K002022952 No
Furse, P. [6200] Afghanistan Cnicus benedictus K002022950 No
Edmondson, J.R.; McClintock, M.A.S. [E. 2869] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022870 No
Hoehne, W. [13643] Brazil Cnicus benedictus K002022969 No
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, G. [295] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022877 No
Khan, A.G. [12] Pakistan Cnicus benedictus K002022958 No
Perdue, R.E. [840] Cnicus benedictus K002022975 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran Cnicus benedictus K002022956 No
[Riobaba]; [Luis Mille S. J.] [513] Ecuador Cnicus benedictus K002022970 No
Harris, G.W. [86] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022832 Yes
Fayed, A. [157-5] Saudi Arabia Cnicus benedictus K002022946 No
Loannon, Y. [s.n.] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022873 No
Kennedy, E.W. [976] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022861 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022808 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [436] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022827 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [2653] Saudi Arabia Cnicus benedictus K002022941 No
Sandwith, N.Y.; Simpson, N.D. [2806, [39,740]] Libya Cnicus benedictus K002022940 No
Parks, H.E.; Tracy, J.P. [11580] United States Cnicus benedictus K002022968 No
Jordan [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022810 Yes
Mill, J.S. [s.n.] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022825 Yes
Mill, J.S. [s.n.] Greece Cnicus benedictus K001790503 Yes
[J. de Darmitait] [3179/28] Italy Cnicus benedictus K002022839 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] Italy Cnicus benedictus K001790506 Yes
s.coll. [1754/8] Italy Cnicus benedictus K001790505 Yes
[Riobamba]; [Luis Mille S. J.] [513] Ecuador Cnicus benedictus K002022971 No
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022848 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022811 Yes
s.coll. [146] Cnicus benedictus K002022959 No
Merton, L.F.H. [612] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022871 No
Thomson, J. [s.n.] Cnicus benedictus K002022962 No
Hill, A.W.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Turrill, W.B. [2756] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022834 Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1765] Armenia Cnicus benedictus K000297293 No
Bolus, H. [5572] South Africa Cnicus benedictus K002022965 No
s.coll. [26] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022829 Yes
s.coll. [3186] Türkiye Cnicus benedictus K002022937 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cnicus benedictus K002022976 No
Davis [43856] Cnicus benedictus K002022925 Yes
Kotte, W. [s.n.] Cnicus benedictus K002022936 Yes
Davis; Hedge [D.29029] Cnicus benedictus K002022934 Yes
Davis; Hedge [D.27797] Cnicus benedictus K002022933 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [164] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022835 Yes
Fayed, A.A. [1157] Saudi Arabia Cnicus benedictus K002022947 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Armenia Cnicus benedictus K002022857 No
Dallimore, W. [s.n.] Cnicus benedictus K002022850 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022813 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7118] Saudi Arabia Cnicus benedictus K002022948 No
Philippi [s.n.] Chile Cnicus benedictus K002022974 No
Sintenis, P. [353] Türkiye Cnicus benedictus K002022935 Yes
Ascherson, P.; Muschler, R. [s.n.] Egypt Cnicus benedictus K002022943 No
Wolfe, T.B. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022815 Yes
Syngrassides, A.I. [635] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022874 No
Ellman, E.; Sandwith, N.Y. [605] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022840 No
Laus, H. [s.n.] Czech Republic Cnicus benedictus K002022818 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [82/409] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022830 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [1946] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022867 No
[L. Andorfer] [s.n.] Austria Cnicus benedictus K002022816 Yes
Porta, P.; Rigo, G. [273] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022841 No
Davis [43004] Cnicus benedictus K002022928 Yes
Della, A. [2292] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022866 No
Ascherson, P. [s.n.] Egypt Cnicus benedictus K002022944 No
Davis [1892] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022868 No
s.coll. [73] Cnicus benedictus K002022960 No
Furse, P. [6092] Afghanistan Cnicus benedictus K002022951 No
Stainton; Henderson [5600] Cnicus benedictus K002022938 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [2161] Saudi Arabia Cnicus benedictus K002022945 No
Davis; Polunin, O. [25,59I] Cnicus benedictus K002022932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022822 Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022821 Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022826 Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, G. [295] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022876 No
s.coll. [644] South Africa Cnicus benedictus K002022964 No
Townsend, C.C. [72/57] Cnicus benedictus K002022927 Yes
[Swet] [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022807 Yes
[Debaux] [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022820 Yes
Karjagin, I.; Safiev, B. [s.n.] Cnicus benedictus K002022859 No
[Kusrhaneur'cs] [s.n.] Iran Cnicus benedictus K002022957 No
Sintenis, P. [401] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022824 Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, G. [295] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022865 No
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022806 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [s.n.] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022828 Yes
Last, G.V.C. [406/1] United Kingdom Cnicus benedictus K002022851 No
Tedd, H.G. [447] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022838 Yes
Davis [3053] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022869 No
Ripley, H.D. [5] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022843 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Cnicus benedictus K002022931 Yes
Podlech, D. [21398] Afghanistan Cnicus benedictus K002022949 No
Adamovic [s.n.] North Macedonia Cnicus benedictus K002022837 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Armenia Cnicus benedictus K002022858 No
Davis [46875] Cnicus benedictus K002022926 Yes
Hewer, T.F. [4591] Cyprus Cnicus benedictus K002022864 No
Graells, M.P. [s.n.] Spain Cnicus benedictus K002022842 No
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] France Cnicus benedictus K002022805 Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1053] Greece Cnicus benedictus K002022836 Yes
Henekom, W.J. [2059] South Africa Cnicus benedictus K002022966 No

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