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Centaurium

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For the taxon described by Haller, see Rhaponticum.

Centaurium
Centaurium erythraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Chironieae
Subtribe: Chironiinae
Genus: Centaurium
Hill, 1756
Synonyms[1]
  • Centaurella Delarbre (1800)
  • Erythraea Reneaulme ex Borkh. (1796)
  • Gonipia Raf. (1837)
  • Hippocentaurea Schult. (1814)
  • Libadion Bubani (1897)
  • Monodiella Maire (1943)
  • Xanthaea Rchb. (1841)

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

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According to Plants of the World Online there are 24 species of Centaurium.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Centaurium Hill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ^ Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): description of the New World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb". Taxon. 53 (3): 719–740. doi:10.2307/4135447. JSTOR 4135447. S2CID 85265968.
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