⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-102490, with some changes.

Centaurea sphaerocephala L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Centaurea (family Compositae).

The record derives from TICA which reports it as an accepted name (record 15DD11AC-9599-4902-923B-9F3E2765A07B) with original publication details: 916 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:191651-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Calcitrapoides sphaerocephala (L.) Holub	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea caespitosa Cirillo	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea corsica Gand.	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea fontanesii (Spach) Spach ex Durieu	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea ixodes Pomel	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea linnaeana Walp.	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea pterocaulos Pomel	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea sphaerocephala Durieu [Illegitimate]	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. fontanesii (Durieu) Batt.	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. oligocentra Maire	Synonym		TICA
Centaurea sphaerocephala var. transiens Faure & Maire	Synonym		TICA