Centaurea ammocyanus

Centaurea ammocyanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: Centaurea ammocyanus

Name

Centaurea ammocyanus Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1, 10: 109 (1849).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ammocyanus arabicus Dostál, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung., 19 (1–4): 78 (1973). nom. nov.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt (NE-Egypt), ?Libya Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Iran (EC-Iran), Iraq (S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert), Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon: Antilebanon; Syria: C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, Jbel Druze), Palestine (Israel: C-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert; Jordan: S-Jordan, W-Jordan), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai), Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Boissier, P.E. 1849. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 10. 122 pp., Parisiis [Paris]: Typis Marci Ducloux et Cons. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Centaurea ammocyanus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Centaurea ammocyanus. Published online. Accessed: May 03 2018.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Centaurea ammocyanus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb 02.
• The Plant List 2013. Centaurea ammocyanus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 03.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Centaurea ammocyanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2018.
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Centaurea ammocyanus. Published online. Accessed: 14 January 2012.

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