Centaurea

***Centaurea*** Asteraceaearen familiako genero handi bat da. Banaketa: Ipar hemisferioan.

## Sinonimoak 
* *Cyanus* L.
* *Plectocephalus* D.Don a R.Sweet

## Espezie batzuk 
* *Centaurea adpressa*
* *Centaurea aegyptiaca*
* *Centaurea aggregata*
* *Centaurea akamantis*
* *Centaurea alba*
* *Centaurea alpestris*
* *Centaurea alpina*
* *Centaurea ambigua*
* *Centaurea amblyolepis*
* *Centaurea americana* –
* *Centaurea ammocyanus*
* *Centaurea aplolepa*
** *Centaurea aplolepa* ssp. *carueliana*
* *Centaurea appendicigera* - Turkia
* *Centaurea argentea*
* *Centaurea ascalonica*
* *Centaurea aspera*
* *Centaurea atropurpurea*
* *Centaurea babylonica*
* *Centaurea balearica* -
* *Centaurea balsamita*
* *Centaurea behen*
* *Centaurea bella*
* *Centaurea borjae*
* *Centaurea bovina*
* *Centaurea bracteata*
* *Centaurea bulbosa*
* *Centaurea cachinalensis*
* *Centaurea calcitrapa* –
* *Centaurea calcitrapoides*
* *Centaurea centaurium*
* *Centaurea chilensis*
* *Centaurea cineraria* –
* *Centaurea clementei*
* *Centaurea corymbosa*
* *Centaurea crithmifolia*
* *Centaurea crocodylium*
* *Centaurea cyanoides*
* *Centaurea cyanus* –
* *Centaurea damascena*
* *Centaurea dealbata*-
* *Centaurea debeauxii*
* *Centaurea depressa* –
* *Centaurea diffusa*
* *Centaurea diluta* –
* *Centaurea drabifolia*
* *Centaurea dschungarica*
* *Centaurea eriophora*
* *Centaurea eryngioides*
* *Centaurea filiformis*
* *Centaurea floccosa*
* *Centaurea forojuliensis*
* *Centaurea friderici*
* *Centaurea gayana*
* *Centaurea glastifolia*
* *Centaurea grinensis*
* *Centaurea gymnocarpa*
* *Centaurea hedgei*
* *Centaurea horrida*
* *Centaurea hyalolepis*
* *Centaurea hypoleuca*
* *Centaurea iberica* –
* *Centaurea idaea*
* *Centaurea imperialis*
* *Centaurea jabukensis*
* *Centaurea jacea* –
* *Centaurea kasakorum*
* *Centaurea kopetaghensis*
* *Centaurea kotschyana*
* *Centaurea lanulata*
* *Centaurea leptophylla*
* *Centaurea leucophaea* -
* *Centaurea leucophylla*
* *Centaurea limbata*
* *Centaurea linifolia* -
* *Centaurea macrocephala*
* *Centaurea maculosa* –
* *Centaurea mannagettae*
* *Centaurea marschalliana*
* *Centaurea melitensis* –
* *Centaurea minor*
* *Centaurea moschata* (syn. *Amberboa moschata* (L.) DC.) –
* *Centaurea monocephala*
* *Centaurea montana* –
* *Centaurea napifolia*
* *Centaurea nervosa*
* *Centaurea nigra* –
* *Centaurea nigrescens* –
* *Centaurea onopordifolia*
* *Centaurea orientalis*
* *Centaurea ornata*
* *Centaurea ovina*
* *Centaurea pallescens*
* *Centaurea paniculata* (syn. Centaurea pectinata L. subsp. pectinata) -
* *Centaurea pecho*
* *Centaurea phrygia* –
* *Centaurea pindicola*
* *Centaurea polypodiifolia*
* *Centaurea procurrens*
* *Centaurea pseudocaerulescens*
* *Centaurea pseudophrygia*
* *Centaurea pulcherrima*
* *Centaurea pullata*
* *Centaurea pumilio*
* *Centaurea ragusina*
* *Centaurea rigida*
* *Centaurea rothrockii* –
* *Centaurea ruthenica*
* *Centaurea rutifolia*
* *Centaurea sadleriana* –
* *Centaurea scabiosa* –
* *Centaurea scannensis*
* *Centaurea scoparia*
* *Centaurea seridis*
* *Centaurea sibirica*
* *Centaurea simplicicaulis*
* *Centaurea sinaica*
* *Centaurea solstitialis* –
* *Centaurea speciosa*
* *Centaurea sphaerocephala*
* *Centaurea squarrosa*
* *Centaurea stenolepis*
* *Centaurea stoebe*
** *Centaurea stoebe* ssp. *micranthos*}
* *Centaurea straminicephala*
* *Centaurea sulphurea* –
* *Centaurea tauromenitana*
* *Centaurea tenoreana*
* *Centaurea tenuifolia*-
* *Centaurea tommasinii*
* *Centaurea transalpina*
* *Centaurea tchihatcheffii* —
* *Centaurea trichocephala*
* *Centaurea triniifolia*
* *Centaurea triumfettii*
* *Centaurea ucriae*
* *Centaurea uniflora*
* *Centaurea virgata*
** *Centaurea virgata* ssp. *squarrosa*
* *Centaurea verutum*
### Hibridoak 
* *Centaurea × moncktonii* C.E.Britton – (= *C. × pratensis*)
* *Centaurea × pratensis* Salisb. (*C. jacea × C. nigra*) –
* *Centaurea × psammogena* G.Gayer. (*C. diffusa × C. stoebe* ssp. *micranthos*)

## Iruditegia 

File:Centaurea macrocephala cropped-2832.jpg|*Centaurea macrocephala*
File:Centaurea horrida Sardinia LM022.jpg|*Centaurea horrida*
File:Centaurea linifolia maig i juny 2007 048.JPG|*Centaurea linifolia*
Image:Centaurea napifolia Sardinia LM.jpg|*Centaurea napifolia*
Image:Centaurea nervosa (fabrizio.binello).jpg|*Centaurea nervosa*
Image:Centaurea pseudophrygia DSCF1538.JPG|*Centaurea pseudophrygia*
Image:Centaurea pulcherrima0.jpg|*Centaurea pulcherrima*
File:Centaurea tchihatcheffii yanardoner sevgi 05668.jpg|*Centaurea tchihatcheffii*
Image:Centaurea triumfettii.jpeg|*Centaurea triumfettii*
File:Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa).jpg|*Centaurea maculosa*

## Erreferentziak 
* Emery, S.M. & Gross, K.L.}} (2005): Effects of timing of prescribed fire on the demography of an invasive plant, spotted knapweed *Centaurea maculosa*. *Journal of Applied Ecology* **42**(1): 60-69. }} (HTML abstract)
* Hierro. J.L. & Callaway, R.M.}} (2003): Allelopathy and exotic plant invasion. *Plant and Soil* **256**(1): 29–39. }} PDF fulltext
* Keil, David J.}} (2006): 21. *Plectocephalus. A: Flora of North America North of Mexico* Vol. 19 (Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1). Oxford University Press. }} HTML fulltext
* Keil, David J. & Ochsmann, J.}} (2006): 24. *Centaurea. A: Flora of North America North of Mexico* Vol. 19 (Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1). Oxford University Press. }} HTML fulltext
* Panero, J.L. & Funk, V.A.}} (2002): Toward a phylogenetic subfamilial classification for the Compositae (Asteraceae). *Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington* **115**(4): 909–922. HTML abstract
* Vivanco, J.M.; Bais, H.P.; Stermitz, F.R.; Thelen, G.C. & Callaway, R.M.}} (2004): Biogeographical variation in community response to root allelochemistry: Novel weapons and exotic invasion. *Ecol. Lett.* **7**(4): 285–292.  PDF fulltext [https://web.archive.org/web/20120930101424/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/products/journals/suppmat/ELE/ELE576/ELE576sm.htm ]
* Wäckers, Felix; van Rijn, Paul & Bruin, Jan}} (2005): *Plant-Provided Food for Carnivorous Insects - a protective mutualism and its applications*. Cambridge University Press, UK. 11}}

## Kanpo loturak 
* Flora Europaea: *Centaurea*
* USDA Plant Profile: *Centaurea*
* Flora of China: *Centaurea* species list
* Flora of Chile: *Centaurea* (pdf)
* Mabberley, D.J. 1987. *The Plant Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants*. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 706 p.&nbsp;.
* Robbins, W.W., M. K. Bellue, and W. S. Ball. 1970. *Weeds of California*. State of California, Dept. of Agriculture. 547 p.