Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centaurium erythraea subsp. erythraea [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. majus (Hoffmanns. & Link) M.Laínz

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitter-herb	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bloodwort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
centaurium umbellatum, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
centaury	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
drug centaurium	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
erythraea centaurium	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
feverwort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lesser centaury	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 54 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Centaurium umbellatum Gilib. ex Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(2): 935 (1893), nom. superfl.
Centaurella dichotoma Delarbre Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 29 (1800).
Centaurium capitatum (Willd.) Borbás Magyar Bot. Lapok 2: 267 (1903).
Centaurium corymbosum (Dulac) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 613 (1917).
Centaurium erythraea subsp. austriacum (Ronniger ex Fritsch) Kožuharov & A.V.Petrova Fl. Nar. Republ. Bulgariya 8: 391 (1982).
Centaurium erythraea var. capitatum (Willd.) Melderis Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 65: 232 (1972).
Centaurium erythraea var. fasciculare (Duby) Ubsdell Watsonia 11: 23 (1976).
Centaurium erythraea var. latifolium (Sm.) T.C.G.Rich Edinburgh J. Bot. 76: 177 (2018).
Centaurium erythraea var. laxum (Boiss.) Mouterde ex Charpin & Greuter in P.Mouterde, Nouv. Fl. Liban Syrie 3(1): 27 (1978).
Centaurium erythraea var. masclansii O.Bolòs & Vigo Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 14: 90 (1983).
Centaurium erythraea var. subcapitatum (Corb.) Ubsdell Watsonia 11: 23 (1976).
Centaurium erythraea var. sublitorale (Wheldon & Salmon) Ubsdell Watsonia 11: 24 (1976).
Centaurium latifolium (Sm.) Druce Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1905: 48 (1905).
Centaurium lomae (Gilg) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 613 (1917).
Centaurium minus Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 206 (1764), opus utique rej.
Centaurium minus var. austriacum (Ronniger ex Fritsch) Soó Feddes Repert. 85: 438 (1974).
Centaurium minus subsp. austriacum (Ronniger ex Fritsch) O.Schwarz Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges., n.s., 1: 111 (1949).
Centaurium minus f. luteiflora Pau Asoc. Esp. Progr. Ci., Congr. Sevilla 6: 153 (1928), nom. nud.
Centaurium minus var. stenosiphon Pau Asoc. Esp. Progr. Ci., Congr. Sevilla 6: 153 (1928), nom. nud.
Centaurium minus var. transiens (Wittr.) Soó Feddes Repert. 85: 439 (1974).
Centaurium umbellatum f. album Sigunov Glasn. Prir. Muz. Beogradu, C 10: 23 (1977).
Centaurium umbellatum subsp. austriacum Ronniger ex Fritsch Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark 52: 316 (1916).
Centaurium umbellatum subsp. capitatum (Willd.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 855 (1938).
Centaurium umbellatum var. fasciculare (Duby) Gilmour Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1837: 497 (1837).
Centaurium umbellatum subsp. transiens (Wittr.) Ronniger Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark 52: 317 (1916).
Centaurium vulgare Rafn Danm. Holst. Fl. 2: 73 (1800).
Chironia centaurium var. fascicularis Duby Bot. Gall., ed. 2, 1: 328 (1828).
Chironia centaurium var. humilis Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 230 (1825).
Chironia centaurium var. palustris (Mérat) DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 18 (1813).
Chironia erythraea Schousb. Iagttag. Vextrig. Marokko: 195 (1800).
Chironia ramosissima var. palustris Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 91 (1812).
Erythraea capitata Willd. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 168 (1819).
Erythraea centaurium var. acutiflora Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 68 (1875).
Erythraea centaurium subsp. capitata (Willd.) Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 393 (1894).
Erythraea centaurium var. compacta Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 238 (1908).
Erythraea centaurium var. fascicularis Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 238 (1908).
Erythraea centaurium f. itatiaiaensis Dusén Ark. Bot. 9(5): 13 (1910).
Erythraea centaurium var. laxa Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 68 (1875).
Erythraea centaurium var. subcapitata Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 392 (1894).
Erythraea centaurium var. sublitoralis Wheldon & Salmon J. Bot. 63: 346 (1925).
Erythraea centaurium var. transiens Wittr. Bot. Not. 1899: 276 (1899).
Erythraea compressa subsp. majorcica F.Herm. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 54: 246 (1914).
Erythraea corymbosa Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 453 (1867), nom. illeg.
Erythraea germanica Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 1: 351 (1813).
Erythraea latifolia Sm. Engl. Fl. 1: 322 (1824).
Erythraea lomae Gilg Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 34 (1906).
Erythraea schuttleworthiana Rouy Naturaliste, sér. 2, 13: 11 (1891).
Erythraea vulgaris var. alba Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 338 (1821 publ. 1822).
Erythraea vulgaris var. quadrifida Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 338 (1821 publ. 1822).
Gentiana gerardii F.W.Schmidt Samml. Phys. Aufsätze Böhm. Naturgesch. 1: 192 (1791).
Gentiana palustris Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 486 (1793), nom. illeg.
Hippocentaurea centaurium Schult. Oestr. Fl., ed. 2, 1: 388 (1814).
Libadion variabile Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 540 (1897).
Xolemia palustris (Mérat) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 22 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurium erythraea subsp. erythraea	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Centaurium umbellatum (Gibb.)Beck.	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Centaurium umbellatum Gilib.	Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Centaurium umbellatum Hort.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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