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Centaurea idaea Boiss. & Heldr.

Protologue Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1, 10: 119. 1849 [Mar-Apr 1849]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 035.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 035.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 031.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 031.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 030.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 037.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 037.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 034.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 027.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 032.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 032.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 038.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Imbros Gorge. 29 May 05. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 432.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 432.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 437.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 437.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 434.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 434.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 435.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 435.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 438.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 438.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 433.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 433.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 436.jpg

Centaurea idaea--Crete. Ep. Kisamos. Sirikari Gorge. 25 May 05. 436.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Endemic to Kriti (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 29, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Sfakia)

35.296278, 23.963472

Location Remarks

Samaria National Park. Samaria Gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 25, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Kisamos)

35.4215, 23.646333

Location Remarks

Sirikari (Polyrinnia) Gorge, W of Chania

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Centaurea

Specific Epithet

idaea

Authorship

Boiss. & Heldr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#290,590 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

31%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →