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Centaurea melitensis
(Asteraceae)

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Species description or overview

Centaurea melitensis information from PIER
Information on Centaurea melitensis as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Centaurea melitensis
Nomenclatural information about Centaurea melitensis is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Centaurea melitensis
Nomenclatural information about Centaurea melitensis is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Centaurea melitensis
Nomenclatural information about Centaurea melitensis is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Centaurea melitensis (Asteraceae): species information from GCW
Information on Centaurea melitensis as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Centaurea melitensis (Asteraceae) (Napa thistle, yellow star thistle)
Links to high-resolution free images of Centaurea melitensis (Asteraceae) (Napa thistle, yellow star thistle) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Centaurea melitensis
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Centaurea melitensis images from PIER
Images of Centaurea melitensis provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Centaurea melitensis
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Other resources

Centaurea melitensis as an invasive species (information from TNC)
Information about Centaurea melitensis as an invasive species is provided by The Nature Conservancy.

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