Knautia kitaibelii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales
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: Dipsacales

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Dipsacoideae
Tribus: Knautieae
Genus: Knautia
Subgenus: K. subg. Trichera
Species: Knautia kitaibelii
Subspecies: K. k. subsp. kitaibelii – K. k. subsp. tomentella

Name

Knautia kitaibelii (Schult.) Borbás, Revis. Knaut.: 60 (1904).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Scabiosa kitaibelii Schult., Observ. Bot.: 18 (1809).
• Heterotypic
  • Knautia arvensis var. kitaibelii (Schult.) Szabó, Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 89: 11 (1907)
  • Trichera kitaibelii (Schult.) Borbás, Pallas Nagy Lexikona 7: 1 (1894).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Middle Europe Austria (Austria, Liechtenstein), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Hungary, Germany, Poland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Ehrendorfer, F. 1976. Knautia. Pp. 60–67 in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). xxix + 505 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08717-1. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Mirek, Z., Piękoś, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M. 2002. Flowering plants and pteridophytes of Poland: A Checklist. Krytyczna lista roślin naczyniowych Polski (= Biodiversity of Poland 1). Krakow: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-83-85444-83-1. Reference page. 
• Danihelka, J., Chrtek Jr., J. & Kaplan, Z. 2012. Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia 84(3): 647–811. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Knautia kitaibelii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Knautia kitaibelii. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Knautia kitaibelii. Accessed: 15 Feb 2025.Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. Knautia kitaibelii. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 15. Reference page.