Centaurium Hill

First published in Brit. Herb.: 62 (1756)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia, NW. Mexico, Peru to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina South, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bermuda, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, South Australia, South Dakota, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Brit. Herb. 62 (1756)

Flora of Iraq

  • Hill, Brit. Herb. 62 (1756).
  • L.C. Rich. in Pers., Syn. 1: 283 (1805).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 18, 1979 Douglas, D. [s.n.] K000759968 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1947 Beechey [s.n.] Mexico K000438623 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1947 Anderson, C.L. [29] United States K000759967 Paratype Yes
Mar 1, 1939 Beechey [s.n.] Mexico K000438624 Type Yes
Dusén, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000438597 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hartweg [1830] United States K000195657 Type Yes
Douglas [213] United States K000195655 Type Yes
Brown, R. [2978] Australia K000759973 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000759975 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [18] New Zealand K000759974 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dusén, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001194943 Yes
Beatley, J.; Reveal, J.L. [13447] United States K000759961 Type Yes
Dusén [s.n.] Brazil K000438598 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nuttall [s.n.] United States K000195653 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hartweg [1830] United States K000195656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Douglas [s.n.] United States K000195658 Type Yes
Pringle, C.G. [8482] Mexico K000438620 Type Yes
Hartweg [s.n.] United States K000195659 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000759976 Unknown Type Material Yes
Newton [s.n.] Cabo Verde K001134499 Yes
Braga, J.M.A. [2555] Brazil K001194941 Yes
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group [1937] Morocco K000564881 Yes
Glaziou, A. [6642] Brazil K001194942 Yes
Nuttall [s.n.] United States K000195654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Erythraea K:SPC-09882.000 Type No

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

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

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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