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9476.000 Centaurea
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Capitula solitary, heterogamous; florets tubular; outer neuter; inner bisexual. Phyllaries many-seriate, imbricate, with a pectinate or spiny, apical appendage. Receptacle densely setose; setae twisted. Achenes ± laterally flattened, glabrous when mature. Pappus many-seriate, of persistent, unequal, barbellate, scale-like setae. Worldwide: c. 500 species, Europe, Mediterranean, the Middle East and Eurasia with a few species in tropical Africa, North America and Australia Zambia: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| melitensis L. | Description, Image | ||
| praecox Oliv. & Hiern | N,W,C | Cb,N,Mc,C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Centaurea:
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Flora of Burundi: CentaureaFlora of the DRC: Centaurea
Flora of Malawi: Centaurea
Flora of Mozambique: Centaurea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Centaurea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Centaurea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CentaureaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Centaurea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Centaurea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Centaurea
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iNaturalist: Centaurea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Centaurea
JSTOR Plant Science: Centaurea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Centaurea
Plants of the World Online: Centaurea
Tropicos: Centaurea
Wikipedia: Centaurea
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