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, Portugal, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Yugoslavia

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:

  • 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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2020 Hartweg, K.T. [1813] United States K001297501 Yes
Mar 1, 1837 Tenore, M. [s.n.] Italy K000772991 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillies [s.n.] K000374169 Yes
Douglas [s.n.] Chile K000373328 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Uruguay K000374170 Yes
Tweedie ? [194] Uruguay K000373326 Yes
Gillies [s.n.] Argentina K000374172 Yes
Bridges [116 ?] Chile K000374171 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000374166 Yes
Bridges [116] Chile K000374168 Yes
Culeara ? [s.n.] K000374167 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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 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