Details for: W6 42748, Plectocephalus americana (Nutt.) D. Don, MSB231198

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Plectocephalus americana (Nutt.) D. Don

Top Name:

MSB231198

Origin:

Collected – Texas, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

Dec 2011

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		W6 42748 2011o SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Plectocephalus americana (Nutt.) D. Don

Top Name:

MSB231198

Origin:

Collected – Texas, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

Dec 2011

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

POST 16 June 2004.
Texas, United States
Comment: Lady Bird center set to Kew who sent to NGCRP who sent to Pullman WA.
Donor(s):

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

NEAR June 2011.
England, United Kingdom

Donor(s):

Accession Group(s)

Group name: Seeds of Success (SOS)
Note: Seeds of success project
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Accession Names and Identifiers

MSB231198

Type: Institute identifier

LBJWC-0645

Type: Donor identifier

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

231198

Type: Institute identifier

Millennium Seed Bank Project

W6 42748

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

Plectocephalus americana (Nutt.) D. Don

Genus:

Plectocephalus

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Subfamily:

Carduoideae

Tribe:

Cardueae

Subtribe:

Centaureinae

Nomen number:

463127

Place of publication:

R. Sweet, Brit. fl. gard. ser. 2, 1(= 4): t. 51. 1830

Verified:

05/11/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Centaurea americana Nutt.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	American basket-flower		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	American star thistle		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	basket-flower	as Centaurea americana	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: as Centaurea americana
English	powderpuff thistle		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	thornless thistle		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
German	amerikanische Flockenblume		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1287. Note: as Centaurea americana
Spanish	cardo del valle		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedish	jätteklint		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations