Plectocephalus americanus

Plectocephalus americanus

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: Plectocephalus
Species: Plectocephalus americanus

Name

Plectocephalus americanus (Nutt.) D.Don, 1830.

Synonyms

• Calcitrapa patibilcensis Kunth
• Centaurea americana Nutt.
• Centaurea grandiflora Moc. & Sesse ex DC.
• Centaurea mexicana DC.
• Centaurea nuttallii Spreng.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Northern America USA (Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Don, D. in Sweet, R. 1830. Brit. Fl. Gard., ser. 2. 1: plate 51.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Plectocephalus americanus. 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 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Plectocephalus americanus. Published online. Accessed: May 15 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Plectocephalus americanus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 15.
• eFloras 2008. Plectocephalus americanus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Plectocephalus americanus in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2011 Sept 15. As Centaurea americana Nutt.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Plectocephalus americanus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: American starthistle, American basketflower
slovenčina: nevädza americká

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