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Centauries
Centaurium
Centaurium (Centaury) is a genus of 20 species in the gentian family (Gentianaceae), tribe Chironieae, subtribe Chironiinae. The genus was named after the centaur Chiron, famed in Greek mythology for his skill in medicinal herbs. It is distributed across Europe and into Asia.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common centaury
speciesCentaurium erythraea
Lesser Centaury
speciesCentaurium pulchellum
Slender Centaury
speciesCentaurium tenuiflorum
Seaside Centaury
speciesCentaurium littorale
Yellow Centaury
speciesCentaurium maritimum
Perennial Centaury
speciesCentaurium scilloides
Centaurium cachanlahuen
speciesCentaurium cachanlahuen
Centaurium quadrifolium
speciesCentaurium quadrifolium
perennial centaury
speciesCentaurium portense
Centaurium chloodes
speciesCentaurium chloodes
Centaurium bianoris
speciesCentaurium bianoris
Centaurium somedanum
speciesCentaurium somedanum
Centaurium boissieri
speciesCentaurium boissieri
Centaurium capense
speciesCentaurium capense
Centaurium favargeri
speciesCentaurium favargeri
Centaurium centaurioides
speciesCentaurium centaurioides
Centaurium anatolicum
speciesCentaurium anatolicum
Serpentine Centaury
speciesCentaurium serpentinicola
Centaurium × intermedium
hybridCentaurium × intermedium
Centaurium rigualii
speciesCentaurium rigualii
Centaurium ameghinoi
speciesCentaurium ameghinoi
Centaurium mairei
speciesCentaurium mairei
Centaurium barrelieroides
speciesCentaurium barrelieroides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.455
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.825
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.393
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.97
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.419
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.360
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.368
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.212
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.471
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.470
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.423
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.456
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Centaurium in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56234.