Centaurea macrocephala

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

Centaurea macrocephala Muss.Puschk. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3(3): 2298 (1803) [Apr-Dec 1803]

Homotypic
- Grossheimia macrocephala (Muss.-Puschk. ex Willd.) Sosn. & Takht., Dokl. Akad. Nauk Armenii 3(1): 22. 1945.
- Phaeopappus macrocephalus (Muss.-Puschk. ex Willd.) Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1, 6: 124. 1846 [1845 publ. Jul 1846]
- Phaeopappus macrocephalus (Muss.-Puschk. ex Willd.) Freyn & Sint., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 44: 220. 1894.
- Plumosipappus macrocephalus (Muss.-Puschk. ex Willd.) Czerep., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 458. 1960.
Heterotypic
- Phaeopappus paphlagonicus Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 59 Abt. B: 304, in adnot. 1939.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruzija, incl. Nakhichevan) Regional: Western Asia Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan), Turkey (NE-Anatolia). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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