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Centaurea sphaerocephala L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Centaurea (family Compositae).

The record derives from TICA (data supplied on 2012-02-11 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 15DD11AC-9599-4902-923B-9F3E2765A07B) with original publication details: 916 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:191651-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Calcitrapoides sphaerocephala (L.) Holub	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea caespitosa Cirillo	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea corsica Gand.	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea fontanesii (Spach) Spach ex Durieu	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea ixodes Pomel	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea linnaeana Walp.	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea pterocaulos Pomel	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea sphaerocephala Durieu [Illegitimate]	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. fontanesii (Durieu) Batt.	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. oligocentra Maire	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. sphaerocephala	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea sphaerocephala subsp. sphaerocephala	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. transiens Faure & Maire	Synonym		TICA	2012-02-11

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Centaurea sphaerocephala subsp. lusitanica (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	2
Centaurea sphaerocephala subsp. malacitana (Boiss.) Dostál	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	3
Centaurea sphaerocephala subsp. polyacantha (Willd.) Dostál	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	4

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record gcc-102490.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed