Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Asterales > Family Compositae > Tribe Cardueae > Genus Centaurea

Centaurea diluta Aiton

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Centaurea*	L.	accepted genus name
*Acosta*	Adans.	heterotypic synonym
*Aegialophila*	Boiss. & Heldr.	heterotypic synonym
*Amberboa sect. Phaeopappus*	DC.	heterotypic synonym
*Calcitrapa*	Vaill.	heterotypic synonym
*Calcitrapoides*	Vaill.	heterotypic synonym
*Centaurea sect. Hyalaea*	DC.	heterotypic synonym
*Chartolepis*	Cass.	heterotypic synonym
*Cheirolepis*	Boiss.	heterotypic synonym
*Cnicus*	L.	heterotypic synonym
*Colymbada*	Hill	heterotypic synonym
*Crocodilium*	Vaill.	heterotypic synonym
*Grossheimia*	Sosn. & Takht.	heterotypic synonym
*Hyalea*	(DC.) Jaub. & Spach	heterotypic synonym
*Jacea*	Mill.	heterotypic synonym
*Melanoloma*	Cass.	heterotypic synonym
*Phaeopappus*	(DC.) Boiss.	heterotypic synonym
*Plectocephalus*	D. Don	heterotypic synonym
*Stephanochilus*	Maire	heterotypic synonym
*Tomanthea*	DC.	heterotypic synonym
*Wagenitzia*	Dostál	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Calcitrapa diluta*	(Aiton) Holub	homotypic synonym
*Centaurea urvillei*	sensu Fiori, A. - Nuova flora analitica d’Italia 2 Firenze 1925-1929.	misapplied name

Children

Centaurea diluta subsp. algeriensis (Coss. & Durieu) Maire

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Lesser Star-thistle sources: Dony, J. G., Jury, S. L. & Perring, F. H. - English Names of Wild Flowers, a list recommended by the Botanical Society of the British Isles, Ed. 2 1986.

English-United States: Lesser Star-thistle sources: Charles Hussey

French: Centaurée décolorée sources: Tela Botanica, Le réseau de la botanique francophone - http://www.tela-botanica.org/ 2006, March.

Swedish: Blekklint sources: Karlsson, Thomas - Checklista över Nordens kärlväxter - http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/chk/chk3.htm.

Welsh: y bengaled seraidd fach

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3. 1789.

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Citation

Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Centaurea diluta Aiton. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=F8E388BE-5019-4FA8-80B9-3FFB80B527BC

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2007-08-28 by Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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