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Centaurea jacea L. 1753

Asteraceae (Compositae) (APG IV)
Taxon concept: Schmeil-Fitschen 2019

Centaurea jacea L. - Accepted: Centaurea jacea L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Asteraceae (Compositae) (Zander 2008)
Centaurea jacea L. - Accepted: Centaurea jacea L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Asteraceae (Compositae) (APG III)
Centaurea jacea L. - Accepted: Centaurea jacea L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Asteraceae (Compositae) (APG III)
Centaurea jacea L. - Accepted: Centaurea jacea L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Asteraceae (Compositae) (APG IV)
Centaurea jacea L. - Accepted: Centaurea jacea L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Asteraceae (Compositae) (APG IV)
Centaurea jacea L. - Accepted: Centaurea jacea L. bei Rothmaler 2011; Familie: Asteraceae (Compositae) (APG IV)
Centaurea jacea L. - Accepted: Centaurea jacea L. bei Rothmaler 2017; Familie: Asteraceae (Compositae) (APG IV)
Centaurea jacea L. - Accepted: Centaurea jacea L. bei World Flora Online - APG IV (Angiosperms); Familie: Asteraceae (Compositae) (World Flora Online - APG IV (Angiosperms))

Color of flower
purple
Life form
herbaceous, terrestrial, perennial

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Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;

Haider, M. et al. (2005): Wildbienenkataster. See: https://www.wildbienen-kataster.de;

Kämper, Wiebke et al. (2018): Flower visitation honeybee and bumblebee. See: https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/16086?version=2;

Kew Gardens and Collaborators (2017): Plants of the World Online. see: plantsoftheworldonline.org.;

Maurizio, Anna et al. (1982): Nektar und Pollen - die wichtigsten Nahrungsquellen der Honigbiene. 4. Ehrenwirth, München, 3, überabeitete Auflage;

Parreno, Alejandra et al. (2025): Visitation records of bees in Germany (58 plots). See: https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/31131?version=12;

Pritsch, Günter et al. (2007): 200 Trachtpflanzen erkennen und bewerten.. Kosmos, Stuttgart;

Schick, B. & Spürgin, A. (1997): Die Bienenweide. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, Auflage: 4., völlig neubearb. u. erw. A., 216 S. 978-3800174188.;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;

Werle, Susanne et al. (2015): ITS2 DNA metabarcoding of wild bee pollen loads, collected in 2020 and 2021 across all three exploratories. See: https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/31545?version=6;

Westrich, P. et al. (2018): Die Wildbienen Deutschlands.. Ulmer Verlag ISBN 978-8186-0123-2.;





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Last update:
Taxonomic update: Helmut Dalitz on: 19.3.2021
Update of the description: Helmut Dalitz; latest by: Helmut Dalitz on: 24.5.2012

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