Rhaponticoides africana

Rhaponticoides africana

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: Rhaponticoides
Species: Rhaponticoides africana

Name

Rhaponticoides africana (Lam.) M.V.Agab. & Greuter in Greuter, Willdenowia 33(1): 60. 2003.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Centaurea africana Lam., Encycl. 1: 664. 1785.
• Homotypic
  • Centaurium africanum (Lam.) Cass., Dict. Sc. Nat. 58: 10. 1827.
  • Centaurea tagana var. africana (Lam.) Batt. in Battandier & Trabut, Fl. Algérie 1(3): 494. 1889.
• Heterotypic
  • Centaurea tagana Brot., Fl. Lusit. 1: 369. 1804.
  • Centaurium taganum (Brot.) Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 32. 1874.
  • Centaurea africana var. tagana (Brot.) Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 22: C. 843, 53. 1931.
  • Centaurea simplex Cav., Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 95. 1801.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Portugal, Spain Regional: Southeastern Europe Sicilia (Sicily) Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Greuter, W. 2003. The Euro+Med treatment of Cardueae (Compositae) – generic concepts and required new names. Willdenowia 33(1): 49–61. DOI: 10.3372/wi.33.33104 JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Rhaponticoides africana. 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 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Rhaponticoides africana. Published online. Accessed: May 16 2018.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Rhaponticoides africana in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 16.

Vernacular names

español: centaura mayor, centaura portuguesa, entera

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