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.

Centaurium
Centaurium erythraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Chironieae
Subtribe: Chironiinae
Genus: Centaurium
Hill, 1756
Synonyms

Erythraea Borkh.

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.[1]

Species
  • Centaurium barrelieri (Duf.) F. Q. & Rothm.
  • Centaurium bianoris (Sennen) Sennen
  • Centaurium calycosum (Buckley) Fernald
  • Centaurium capense Broome
  • Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.) Rolla Rao & Hemadri
  • Centaurium chloodes (Brot.) Samp.
  • Centaurium davyi (Jeps.) Abrams
  • Centaurium erythraea Rafn
  • Centaurium exaltatum (Griseb.) W. Wight ex Piper
  • Centaurium favargeri Zeltner
  • Centaurium gypsicola (Boiss. & Reut.) Ronniger
  • Centaurium littorale (D. Turner) Gilmour
  • Centaurium mairei Zeltner
  • Centaurium majus (Hoffmgg. & Link) Ronniger
  • Centaurium malzacianum Maire
  • Centaurium maritimum (L.) Fritch
  • Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce
  • Centaurium quadrifolium (L.)
  • Centaurium scilloides (L. fil.) Samp.
  • Centaurium serpentinicola A. Carlström
  • Centaurium somedanum Lainz
  • Centaurium suffruticosum (Griseb.) Ronniger
  • Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmgg. & Link) Fritsch
  • Centaurium turcicum (Velen.) Ronnige

See also

References
  1. Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): description of the New World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb". Taxon. 53 (3): 719–740. doi:10.2307/4135447. JSTOR 4135447. S2CID 85265968.
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