(Asteraceae, trib. Cardueae, sect. Acrolophus)

(Last updated /Stand: 29.01.2007)

Facts / Daten

• Publication: Pourr. 1788 Mém. Acad. Sci. Toulouse 3: 310.
• Typus: Collection de l'Abbé Pourret, extraite de l'Herbier légué par M. le Dr. Barbier. 1847. "Nimium accedit ad abrotanifoliam etsi diversam. hab. narb. à laclape. [Pourret?]"  (Lecto- [Aymonin 1963, in sched.]: P; Iso-: P, G?)

• Synonyms:	= C. paniculata L. subsp. corymbosa (Pourr.) Arènes 1951 Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. N.S., Sér. B. Bot. 1(2): 212.
  	= Acosta corymbosa (Pourr.) Holub 1974 Preslia 46(3): 226.

• Chromosome number: no data [? probably 2n = 18 ?]
• Life form: biennual to perennial, monocarpic
• Distribution: Endememic in France (Dept. Aude: Narbonne), very rare and endangered (according to Colas et al. (1997) only ca. 6500 individuals on ca. 3 km²). Data for Sardinia (Italy) by Jovet & Vilmorin (1975) refer to the related C. filiformis Viv.
• Habitat: Coastal rocks (Diantheto-Lavateretum maritimae (Br.-Bl. & Meier 1934) Br.-Bl. 1952).

• Figures: Reichenbach (1852: tab. 57); Rouy (1896: Ill. pl. Eur. 7: 54, t. 161)
• Images / Bilder
• Molecular data: ITS 1 (EMBL database): AJ402906, AJ402907; IGS (EMBL database): AJ405109, AJ405110, AJ405140, AJ405141
• Literature / Literatur:
  • Colas, B., Riba, M. & Molina, J. 1996: Statut démographique de Centaurea corymbosa Pourret (Asteraceae), Hormatophylla pyrenaica (Lapeyr.) Cullen & Dudley (Brassicaceae) et Marsilea strigosa Willd. (Marsileaceae-Pteridophyta), trois plantes rares du sud de la France. - Acta Bot. Gall. 143(2/3): 191-198.
  • Colas, B., Riba, M. & Molina, J. 1997: Centaurea corymbosa, a cliff-dwelling species tottering on the brink of extinction: A demographic and genetic study. - Proc. Natl. Acad. U.S.A. 94(7): 3471-3476.