Centaurea cyanus: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Centaurea cyanus L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Centaurea cyanocephala Vellozo, Centaurea cyanocephala Velen., Centaurea pulchra DC., Centaurea segetalis Salisbury, Centaurea umbrosa Lacaita, nom. illeg., Centaurea umbrosa Huet & Reuter, Centaurea umbrosa Huet ex Reut., Cyanus segetum Hill, Jacea segetum (Hill) Lamarck, Jacea segetum Lam., Leucacantha cyanus (L.) Nieuwl. & Lunell, Leucacantha cyanus Nieuwl. & Lunell.
References regarding Centaurea cyanus L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Vegetable System (1762)
· Flore Françoise (Lamarck) (1779)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1837)
· Flora Bulgarica (1891)
· American Midland Naturalist (1917)
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