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Accepted name:: Centaurium erythraea subsp. majus (Hoffmanns. & Link) M.Laínz [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Centaurium erythraea Rafn
Infraspecies:: 10

Centaurium erythraea subsp. apertum (H.Lindb.) Greuter

Centaurium erythraea subsp. bernardii (Maire & Sauvage) Greuter

Centaurium erythraea subsp. enclusense (O.Bolòs, Molin. & P.Monts.) O.Bolòs & Vigo

Centaurium erythraea subsp. grandiflorum (Biv.) Melderis

Centaurium erythraea subsp. limoniiforme (Greuter) Greuter

Centaurium erythraea subsp. rhodense (Boiss. & Reut.) Melderis

Centaurium erythraea subsp. rumelicum (Velen.) Melderis

Centaurium erythraea subsp. suffruticosum (Griseb.) Greuter

Centaurium erythraea subsp. turcicum (Velen.) Melderis

Centaurium erythraea subsp. erythraea

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
centaurii herba	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
centaury	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
aerial parts	dried, whole or cut aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	whole or fragmented dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or fragmented dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Centaurium majus (Hoffmanns. & Link) Zeltner Bull. Soc. Neuchâteloise Sci. Nat. 93: 109 (1970), nom. illeg.
Erythraea major Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 1: 249 (1811).
Centaurium erythraea var. majus (Hoffmanns. & Link) O.Bolòs & Vigo Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 14: 90 (1983).
Centaurium grandiflorum subsp. majus (Hoffmanns. & Link) Z.Díaz Fl. Iber. 11: 62 (2012).
Centaurium microcalyx (Boiss. & Reut.) Ronniger Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark 52: 321 (1916).
Centaurium umbellatum var. broteri (G.Don) Samp. Lista Esp. Herb. Port.: 106 (1913).
Centaurium umbellatum subsp. grandiflorum P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 855 (1938).
Centaurium umbellatum proles majus (Hoffmanns. & Link) Samp. Lista Esp. Herb. Port.: 106 (1913).
Centaurium umbellatum subsp. majus (Hoffmanns. & Link) Samp. Herb. Port.: 106 (1913).
Erythraea centaurium var. broteri G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 204 (1837).
Erythraea centaurium var. major (Hoffmanns. & Link) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 140 (1838).
Erythraea centaurium subsp. major (Hoffmanns. & Link) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 239 (1908).
Erythraea microcalyx Boiss. & Reut. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 3: 121 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurium majus (H. et L.) Zeltner	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Erythraea major Hoffmansegg et Link	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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