Asteraceae
Centaurea

Centaurea melitensis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 917 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arizona, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Ethiopia, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, India, Ireland, Juan Fernández Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Norway, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Queensland, South Australia, Switzerland, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Washington, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • 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/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 228 (1994).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 22: 136 (1968).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 55 (1992).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 917 (1753).
  • Philipson in Journal of Botany 77: 231 (1939).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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