Centaurea lycaonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida 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 lycaonica

Name

Centaurea lycaonica Boiss. & Heldr., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 5: 111 (1856).

• Type: "Hab. in aridis Lycaoniae inter Beychehr et Koniah." Leg. Heldreich, may 1845.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Türkiye References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1856. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum nonnullis Europaeis Boreali-Africanisque additis. ser. 2, no. 5. 118 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Herrmann. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Centaurea lycaonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Centaurea lycaonica. Published online. Accessed: 13. Nov. 2025. Reference page.