Plectocephalus

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Plectocephalus
Centaurea americana2.jpg
Plectocephalus americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
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Angiosperms
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Plectocephalus

Type species
Plectocephalus americanus
(Nutt.) D.Don
Synonyms[1]
  • Centaurea sect. Plectocephalus (D.Don) DC.

Plectocephalus is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Species[1][4]
Formerly included[1]

Plectocephalus dracaenoides (Johow) F.H.Hellw. - Centaurodendron dracaenoides Johow

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Don, David in Sweet, Robert. 1830. British flower garden: containing coloured figures & descriptions of the most ornamental & curious hardy herbaceous plants vol 4 in some copies, vol 2(1) in others, plate 51 in either version
  3. ^ The International Plant Names Index
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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