Centaurea nigra
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
- Species
- Centaurea nigra
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Centaurea nigra. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
24 synonyms in this snapshot
- Centaurea austriacaName author: Rchb.
- Centaurea austriaca f. austriacaName author: Not supplied
- Centaurea austriaca subsp. austriacaName author: Not supplied
- Centaurea babingtoniiName author: Lacaita ex Hayek
- Centaurea jacea subsp. nigraName author: (L.) Bonnier & Layens
- Centaurea leucocephalaName author: Schur
- Centaurea moritzianaName author: Hegetschw.
- Centaurea nervosaName author: Rchb. ex Steud.
- Centaurea nigra f. nigraName author: Not supplied
- Centaurea nigra var. decipiensName author: Bab.
- Centaurea nigra var. maireiName author: Arènes
- Centaurea nigra var. nigraName author: Not supplied
- Centaurea nigrescensName author: DC.
- Centaurea nigricansName author: Link ex Spreng.
- Centaurea obscuraName author: Jord.
- Centaurea pectinata var. fuscataName author: Rouy
- Centaurea phrygiaName author: Lapeyr. ex Willk. & Lange
- Centaurea phrygia var. phrygiaName author: Not supplied
- Centaurea rufescensName author: Noulet ex Nyman
- Cyanus nigerName author: Gaertn.
- Cyanus phrygiusName author: G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Cyanus plumosusName author: Gilib.
- Cyanus pumilusName author: Baumg.
- Phrygia nigraName author: (L.) Gray
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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