Centaurea scabiosa subsp. alpestris (Hegetschw.) Nyman
First published in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 424 (1879)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Europe. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Krym, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Acrocentron alpestre (Hegetschw.) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 114: 44 (1961)
- Centaurea alpestris Hegetschw. in Fl. Schweiz: 854 (1840)
- Centaurea scabiosa var. alpestris (Hegetschw.) Godet in Fl. Jura, Suppl.: 114 (1869)
- Colymbada alpestris (Hegetschw.) Rauschert in Feddes Repert. 83: 656 (1973)
- Lopholoma alpestris (Hegetschw.) Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sér. 2, 17: 97 (1869)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Centaurea menteyerica Chaix in Pl. Vapinc.: 61 (1785)
- Centaurea scabiosa var. fuliginosa Neilr. in Fl. Nied.-Oesterr.: 381 (1858)
- Centaurea scabiosa var. hispida Mutel in Fl. Dauphiné, éd. 2: 349 (1848)
- Centaurea scabiosa var. kotschyana Michalet in Not. Pl. Dép. Jura: 83 (1854)
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. kotschyana Bonnier & Layens in Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 180 (1894)
- Centaurea scabiosa var. macrocephala Gren. in Fl. Jurass.: 448 (1865)
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. menteyerica (Chaix) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 424 (1879)
- Centaurea scabiosa var. menteyerica (Chaix) Cariot in Étude Fl., éd. 7, 2: 394 (1884)
- Centaurea scabiosa var. praealpina Beck in Fl. Hernst.: 422 (1884)
- Colymbada menteyerica (Chaix) Holub in Preslia 45: 144 (1973)
- Colymbada scabiosa var. praealpina (Beck) Dostál in Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 13 (1984)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan, A. [s.n.], France | Centaurea alpestris | K000772911 | Yes | ||
| Jordan, A. [s.n.], France | Centaurea alpestris | K000772909 | Yes | ||
| Jordan, A. [s.n.], France | Centaurea alpestris | K000772910 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0