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Taxon:  Centaurea stoebe L. subsp. australis (Pančić ex A. Kern.) Greuter



Summary
Genus:
Centaurea
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cardueae
Subtribe:
Centaureinae
Nomen number:
464558
Place of publication:
Willdenowia 33:56. 2003
Verified:
03/01/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Centaurea stoebe L. (0 active accession[s])
Centaurea stoebe L. subsp. serbica (Prodán) Ochsmann (0 active accession[s])
Centaurea stoebe L. subsp. stoebe (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Centaurea australis Pančić ex A. Kern.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Centaurea biebersteinii DC.
Centaurea maculosa Lam. subsp. micranthos Gugler
Centaurea stoebe L. subsp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek
Invalid Designation(s)
Centaurea maculosa auct. Amer.
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Reference(s)
  1. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  2. Greuter, W. 2003. The Euro+Med treatment of Cardueae (Compositae) - generic concepts and required new names. Willdenowia 33:49-61.
Common names
English
spotted knapweed –
French
centaurée maculée ou tachetée –
German
kleinköpfige Rispen-Flockenblume –
Portuguese (Brazil)
centáurea-manchada –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria e.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria (e.), Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.)], Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
Naturalized
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland, Germany, Poland
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weedpotential seed contaminantas Centaurea maculosaCampbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=464558. Accessed 31 May 2025.