Interesting Facts
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Description
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Genus Centranthus
Annual
or perennial
herbs or undershrubs. Leaves simple
or compound
. Flowers in clusters
. Calyx rolled in flowers. Corolla 5-lobed, spurred
. Ovary unilocular
. Achene pappose.
A genus of c.
12 species, in the Mediterranean region and Europe; locally represented by 1 cultivated species.
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Dipsacales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Tribe:
Valerianeae
()
- Genus:
Centranthus
()
- Necker ex Lamarck & A.P. de Candolle, 1805
- Centranthus
- Specific epithet:
longiflorus
- (Stoj., Stef. & Georg.) I.Richardson
- Subspecies:
kellereri
- Botanical name: - Centranthus longiflorus kellereri (Stoj., Stef. & Georg.) I.Richardson (Stoj., Stef. & Georg.) I.Richardson
- Subspecies:
kellereri
- Specific epithet:
longiflorus
- (Stoj., Stef. & Georg.) I.Richardson
- Genus:
Centranthus
(
- Tribe:
Valerianeae
(
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
(
- Order:
Dipsacales
(
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: I.Richardson Publication
: Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(3):
227 (1975 publ. 1976)
Basionym
author: (Stoj., Stef. & Georg.)
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Centranthus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. macrosiphon (Pretty Betsy) · C. ruber (Jupiter's Beard) · C. ruber 'Alba' (Jupiters Beard) · C. ruber 'Snowcloud' (Jupiters Beard)
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8866823
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15944801
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:892267-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3714225
Footnotes
- "Centranthus". in Flora of Pakistan Vol Page. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
