Centaurium
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| Centaurium erythraea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Tribe: | Chironieae |
| Subtribe: | Chironiinae |
| Genus: | Centaurium Hill, 1756 |
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Centaurium (centaury) is a genus of 20 species in the gentian family (Gentianaceae), tribe Chironieae, subtribe Chironiinae. The genus was named after the centaur Chiron, famed in Greek mythology for his skill in medicinal herbs. It is distributed across Europe and Asia.
Until 2004, Centaurium was given a much wider circumscription, comprising about 50 species ranging across Europe, Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and the Pacific. However this circumscription was polyphyletic, so in 2004 the genus was split into four, being Centaurium sensu stricto, Zeltnera, Gyrandra, and Schenkia.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]According to Plants of the World Online there are 24 species of Centaurium.[1]
- Centaurium mairei (Speg.) Druce
- (Sw.) Hayek ex Hand.-Mazz., Stadlm., Janch. & Faltis Centaurium barrelieroides
- Pau Centaurium bianoris
- (Sennen) Sennen Centaurium cachanlahuen
- (Molina) B.L.Rob. C.R.Broome
- (Roxb.) S.R.Rao & Hemadri (Brot.) Samp.
- (Spreng.) Druce Rafn
- (Maire) J.-P.Lebrun & Marais Zeltner
- (L.) Fritsch (L.) G.López & C.E.Jarvis
- (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch Centaurium minutissimum
- Centaurium rigualii Centaurium compar
- Centaurium favargeri Centaurium littorale
- Centaurium malzacianum Maire
- Esteve Centaurium capense
- Centaurium centaurioides Centaurium chloodes
- Centaurium cochinchinense (R.Br.) Druce
- Zeltner (Turner) Gilmour
- Maire (Brot.) Butcher
- (L.f.) Samp. Centaurium tenuiflorum
- Carlström Centaurium quadrifolium
- Centaurium scilloides Centaurium pulchellum
- Centaurium serpentinicola Centaurium portense
- Centaurium ameghinoi Centaurium erythraea
- Centaurium flexuosum Centaurium maritimum
See also
[edit | edit source]- Zeltnera calycosa - formerly C. calycosum
- Zeltnera davyi - formerly C. davyi
- Zeltnera exaltata - formerly C. exaltatum
- Zeltnera muehlenbergii - formerly C. muehlenbergii
- Zeltnera namatophila - formerly C. namophila
- Zeltnera venusta - formerly C. venustum
References
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