Genus of flowering plants
| Centaurea
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| Centaurea pullata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Asterales
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| Family:
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Asteraceae
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| Subfamily:
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Carduoideae
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| Tribe:
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Cardueae
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| Subtribe:
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Centaureinae
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| Genus:
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Centaurea
L.
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| Type species
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Centaurea paniculata
L.
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| Diversity
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| Over 700 species
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| Synonyms
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List
- Acosta DC.
- × Acostitrapa Rauschert
- Acrocentron Cass.
- Acrolophus Cass.
- Alophium Cass.
- Ammocyanus (Boiss.) Dostál
- Antaurea Neck.
- Behen Hill
- Benedicta Bernh.
- Calcitrapa Heist. ex Fabr.
- Calcitrapoides Fabr.
- Carbeni Adans.
- Carbenia Adans.
- Cardosanctus Bubani
- Cestrinus Cass.
- Chartolepis Cass.
- Cheirolepis Boiss.
- Chrysopappus Takht.
- Cistrum Hill
- Cnicus L.
- × Colycea Fern.Casas & Susanna
- × Colymbacosta Rauschert
- Colymbada Hill
- Crepula Hill
- Cyanus Mill.
- Cynaroides (Boiss. ex Walp.) Dostál
- Eremopappus Takht.
- Erinacella (Rech.f.) Dostál
- Eriopha Hill
- Grossheimia Sosn. & Takht.
- Heraclea Hill
- Hierapicra Kuntze
- Hippophaestum Gray
- Hookia Neck.
- Hyalea Jaub. & Spach
- Hymenocentron Cass.
- Jacea Mill.
- × Jaceacosta Rauschert
- × Jaceitrapa Rauschert
- Lepteranthus Neck. ex Fourr.
- Leucacantha Nieuwl. & Lunell
- Leucantha Gray
- Lopholoma Cass.
- Melanoloma Cass.
- Menomphalus Pomel
- Mesocentron Cass.
- Microlophus Cass.
- Paraphysis (DC.) Dostál
- Pectinastrum Cass.
- Petrodavisia Holub
- Phaeopappus (DC.) Boiss.
- Phalolepis Cass.
- Philostizus Cass.
- Phrygia (Pers.) Bosc
- Piptoceras Cass.
- Platylophus Cass.
- Plumosipappus Czerep.
- Podia Neck.
- Polyacantha Gray
- Psora Hill
- Pterolophus Cass.
- Pycnocomus Hill
- Rhacoma Adans.
- Sagmen Hill.
- Seridia Juss.
- Setachna Dulac
- Solstitiaria Hill
- Sphaerocephala Hill
- Spilacron Cass.
- Staebe Hill
- Stenolophus Cass.
- Stephanochilus Coss. ex Maire
- Tetramorphaea DC.
- Tomanthea DC.
- Triplocentron Cass.
- Veltis Adans.
- Verutina Cass.
- Wagenitzia Dostál
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Centaurea ()[1] is a genus of over 700 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich.
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
