Genus: Centaurea
Nomenclature
Centaurea Linneaus Sp. Pl. 2: 909. 1753.List of Centaurea Species
Centaurea americana
Centaurea aspera
Centaurea calcitrapa
Centaurea cineraria
Centaurea benedicta
Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea diffusa
Centaurea diluta
Centaurea jacea complex
Centaurea paniculata
Centaurea solstitialis
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
Centaurea montana
Centaurea phrygia
Centaurea melitensis
Centaurea scabiosa
References to Centaurea
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- Bosy, J. L.; Reader, R. J. 1995. Mechanisms underlying the suppression of forb seedling emergence by grass (Poa pratensis) litter. Funct. Ecol. 9: 635-639.
- He, W. M. et.al. 2010. Is there a risk to living large? Large size correlates with reduced growth when stressed for knapweed populations. Biological Invasions 12: 3591-3598.
- Kapoor, B. M. et.al. 1987. Annotated list of the chromosome numbers of the vascular flora of northeastern America V. Naturaliste Canad. 114: 105-116.
- Knochel, D. G. et.al. 2010. Effects of plant competition, seed predation, and nutrient limitation on seedling survivorship of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe). Biological Invasions 12: 3771-3784.
- Korneck, D. 2004. Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos, kleinkopfige Flockenblume, eine verkannte Sippe unserer Flora (vorlaufige Mitteilung).. Hess. Florist. Briefe 53: 1-5. (In German)
- Mraz, P. et.al. 2011. Polyploidy in phenotypic space and invasion context: a morphological study of Centaurea stoebe s.l. Int. J. Plant Sci. 172: 386-402.
- Mummey, D. L.; Rillig, M. C. 2006. The invasive plant species Centaurea maculosa alters arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the field. Pl. & Soil 288: 81-90.
- Ochsmann, J. 2000. Morphologische und molekularsystematische Untersuchungen an der Centaurea stoebe L.-Gruppe (Asteraceae-Cardueae) in Europa. Diss. Bot. 324: 1-242. (In German)
- Ochsmann, J. 2001. On the taxonomy of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe L.). In: Smith, L. (ed.): Proceedings of the First International Knapweed Symposium of the Twenty-First Century.