Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce
(Lesser Centaury)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCentaurium pulchellum (Lesser Centaury)
GenusCentaurium (centauries)
FamilyGENTIANACEAE (centauries and gentians)
OrderGENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Centaurium pulchellum (Lesser Centaury) :
1: Centaurium pulchellum (Lesser Centaury)
8 Jul 2011 OSGR: SS58 51° 30’ N, 4° 10’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
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Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Smith, P. 2007 Lesser Centaury… Vol 19, no. 1 Page: 14

Centaurium pulchellum (Lesser Centaury) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Centaurium pulchellum (Lesser Centaury)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Centaurium pulchellum (Lesser Centaury)
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