Taxon:  Centaurea virgata Lam. var. squarrosa Boiss.



Summary
Genus:
Centaurea
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cardueae
Subtribe:
Centaureinae
Nomen number:
410665
Place of publication:
Fl. orient. 3:651.  1875
Comment:
since this name was originally based on Centaurea squarrosa Willd., an illegitimate later homonym (non Roth; Madrid ICN Art. 53), there is no parenthetical authorship (Madrid ICN Art. 58)
Verified:
05/05/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: = Centaurea squarrosa Willd.
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Centaurea virgata Lam.
  3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California Note: = Centaurea squarrosa Willd.
  4. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  5. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
Common names
Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=410665. Accessed 14 October 2026.