Centaureoideae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Centaureoideae

bachelor's button
basket flower
cornflower
dusty miller
globe centaurea
knapweed
mountain bluet
star-thistle
wild sandheath

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Centaureoideae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Asteridae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Asteranae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 451. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asterales Lindl.
pub. 1833
  
   Familia  Asteraceae Dumort.
pub. Comment. Bot.: 55. Nov-Dec 1822.
common name: Sunflowers
  
   Subfamilia  Centaureoideae (Cass.) Lindl. in Loud.
pub. Encycl. Pl.: 1074. 1829.
  

Named members of the Subfamily Centaureoideae

1
   Tribus  Centaureeae Cass.
pub. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 154. Feb 1819.
  
 
2
   Subtribus  Centaureinae (Cass.) Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 72. 1827.
  
 
3
   Genus  Centaurea L.
pub. (1753)
common name: knapweed
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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