Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centaurea nigra L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 5

Centaurea nigra subsp. aterrima (Hayek) Hayek

Centaurea nigra subsp. carpetana (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman

Centaurea nigra subsp. gueryi (Maire) Maire

Centaurea nigra subsp. nigra

Centaurea nigra subsp. rivularis (Brot.) Cout.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
centaurea nigra whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
knapweed	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Centaurea jacea var. nigra (L.) Coss. & Germ. Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris, éd. 2: 484 (1861).
Centaurea jacea subsp. nigra (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 180 (1894).
Centaurea vulgaris var. nigra (L.) Godr. Fl. Lorraine 2: 54 (1843).
Phrygia nigra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 442 (1821), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurea nigra	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Centaurea nigra L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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