Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Asterales > Family Compositae > Tribe Cardueae > Genus Rhaponticoides

Rhaponticoides africana (Lam.) M. V. Agab. & Greuter

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhaponticoides*	Vaill.	accepted genus name
*Bielzia*	Schur	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Centaurea africana*	Lam.	basionym
*Centaurea africana*	Lam.	homotypic synonym
*Centaurea simplex*	Cav.	heterotypic synonym
*Centaurea tagana*	Brot.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Italian: Fiordaliso africano sources: Pignatti, S. - Flora d'Italia 3 Bologna 1982.

Portuguese: centaurea maior; raphontico bastardo; raphontico bastardo do reino; raphontico da terra; rapóntico da terra; rapóntico-bastardo; rapóntico-da-terra; rapontis sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: centaura mayor, entera; centaura portuguesa

Literature

nomenclatural reference	M. V. Agab. & Greuter in Willdenowia 33. 2003.

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Citation

Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Rhaponticoides africana (Lam.) M. V. Agab. & Greuter. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=659D524F-220A-4385-B30C-3808533FE79A

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2007-08-28 by Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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