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								Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Centaurea diffusa Lam.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Encycl. 1: 675. 1785 | 
                           
						  
                          
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Asteranae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Asterales 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Compositae Giseke 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Tribus - Cardueae Cass. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Genus - Centaurea L. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Acosta diffusa (Lam.) Soják | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Centaurea comperiana Steven | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Centaurea microcalathina Tarassov | 
							
                           
                          
                          
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                            	Centaurea seresiensis Rech. f. | 
							
                           
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					Centaurea aemulans Klokov
					
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		| Common names: | 
		
				Centaurée diffuse (French), Chaber drobnogłówkowy (Polish), Chrpa rozkladitá (Czech), Fiordaliso diffuso (Italian), Laiuv jumikas (Estonian), Nevädzka rozložitá (Slovak), Razprostrti glavinec (Slovene), Šakotoji bajorė (Lithuanian), Skrajā dzelzene (Latvian), Sparrige Flockenblume (German), Spretklint (Swedish), Албестрицэ мэтурикэ (Moldovian), Василек раскидистый (Russian), Волошка розлога (Ukraine), Рехава метличина (Bulgarian), Տերեփուկ փռված (Armenian), Čekanice rozkladitá (Czech)[Credits] | 
			
	 
	
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		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  ● Ab(A N) Ar Bu Gg Gr dLe Mk Mo Rf(CS S) Rm Sr Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [nAu aBe aBr By aCs aEs nGa(F) nGe He Hs(S) nHu nIt aLa aLt aNo nPo Rf(C E N NW) aSk Sl] | 
		
	 
                        
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