Centaurium tenuiflorum

Centaurium tenuiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Gentianaceae
Genus:	Centaurium
Species:	C. tenuiflorum
Binomial name
	Centaurium tenuiflorum; (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch
Synonyms
	Centaurium pulchellum subsp. tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Maire; Centaurium pulchellum var. tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Samp.; Erythraea latifolia var. tenuiflora (Hoffmanns. & Link) Willk.; Erythraea pulchella subsp. tenuiflora (Hoffmanns. & Link) Arcang.; Erythraea ramosissima var. tenuiflora (Hoffmanns. & Link) Cout.; Erythraea tenuiflora Hoffmanns. & Link;

Centaurium tenuiflorum, the slender centaury, is a species of annual herb in the family Gentianaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 17 cm tall.^[2]^[3] It is native to the Mediterranean basin, Western Asia to the Transcaucasus, Iran, and western Himalayas, Macaronesia, Great Britain, the Crimean Peninsula, Chad, and Socotra.

The species was first described as Erythraea tenuiflora by Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg and Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1813. In 1907 Karl Fritsch reassigned it to genus Centaurium as Centaurium tenuiflorum.^[1]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are accepted.^[1]

Centaurium tenuiflorum subsp. acutiflorum (Schott) Zeltner – Mediterranean basin to Crimea, Iran, Transcaucasus, and western Himalayas
Centaurium tenuiflorum subsp. anglicum T.C.G.Rich & McVeigh – southern Great Britain
Centaurium tenuiflorum subsp. tenuiflorum – Mediterranean basin, Chad, Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, and Socotra
Centaurium tenuiflorum subsp. viridense (Bolle) O.Erikss., A.Hansen & Sunding – Cape Verde Islands

Sources

This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC0 (license statement/permission). Text taken from Centaurium tenuiflorum. Encyclopedia of Life.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
^ "Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmgg. \u0026 Link) Fritsch - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
^ Mifsud, Stephen (2002-08-23). "Centaurium tenuiflorum (Slender Centaury) : MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands". www.maltawildplants.com. Retrieved 2022-02-15.

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[powo-1] "Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

[2] "Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmgg. \u0026 Link) Fritsch - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-02-04.

[3] Mifsud, Stephen (2002-08-23). "Centaurium tenuiflorum (Slender Centaury) : MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands". www.maltawildplants.com. Retrieved 2022-02-15.

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