(Asteraceae, trib. Cardueae, sect. Acrolophus)

(Last updated /Stand: 29.01.2007)

Facts / Daten

• Publication: Jord. 1852 Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., Sér. 2, 1: 322.
• Basionym: Centaurea paniculata L. var. valesiaca DC. 1838 Prodr. 6: 584.
• Typus: "in Valesia" (G-DC)
• Chromosome number: 2n = 18 (Ochsmann 1999)
• Life form: biannual to perennial
• Distribution: Endemic in Switzerland (Wallis), rarely in France (Savoien) and Italy (Piemonte).
• Habitat: Dry, W to SW exposed slopes, dry meadows, rocks, sometimes ruderal, between ca 500 and 1450 m above sea level.

Additional information / weitere Informationen

• Figures: Reichenbach (1852: tab. 52) [as Centaurea vallesiaca (DC.) Rchb. f.]
• Images / Bilder
• Molecular data: ITS 1 (EMBL database): AF031056; IGS (EMBL database): AF031058, AF031060
• Taxonomy / Taxonomie
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