Centaurium portense

Centaurium portense

Centaurium portense (Brot.) Buchner has flowers without nectaries. Calyx without intracalicina membrane. Corolla contorta prefloration without folds or interlobulares appendices. Ovary and fruit sessile. wingless seeds, reticulated or honeycombed-reticulate.

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.

Until 2004, Centaurium was given a much wider circumscription, comprising about 50 species ranging across Europe, Asia, the Americas, Australasia and the Pacific. However this circumscription was polyphyletic, so in 2004 the genus was split in four, being Centaurium sensu stricto, Zeltnera, Gyrandra and Schenkia.
Centaurium portense Centaurium portense (Brot.) Buchner

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Naming

Synonyms:

Centaurium scilloides (L.f.) Samp.

References:

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http://www.floraiberica.es/floraiberica/texto/pdfs/11_130_06_Centaurium.pdf
http://flora-on.pt/index.php#/0Q7NS
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderGentianales
FamilyGentianaceae
GenusCentaurium
SpeciesCentaurium portense
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Portugal