Taxonavigation

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Centaureinae
Genus: Crocodilium
Species: C. creticum – C. crocodylium – C. pumilio

Name

Crocodilium Hill in Veg. Syst. 4: 29. (1762)

• Type species: Crocodilium crocodylium Hill, Hort. Kew. 63. (1768)
  

References

• Hill, J. 1762. The Vegetable System 4: 22 (page 29 in the translation)
• Altinordu, F. & Ferrer-Gallego. P.P. 2015. Typification of the Linnaean name Centaurea crocodylium (Asteraceae). Phytotaxa 236(3): 299-300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.236.3.14
• Font, M., Garnatje, T., Garcia-Jacas, G. & Susanna, A. 2002. Delineation and phylogeny of Centaurea sect. Acrocentron based on DNA sequences: a restoration of the genus Crocodylium and indirect evidence of introgression. Plant Systematic and Evolution 234: 14–26. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0203-3 PDF through academia.edu so not available through a direct link
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Crocodilium in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 12.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Crocodylium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 12.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crocodilium. Published online. Accessed Mar. 20 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Crocodilium . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 12.

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