| Name | Centaurea Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Asteraceae |
| Contains | Centaurea amara Linnaeus Centaurea americana Nuttall Centaurea benedicta (Linnaeus) Linnaeus Centaurea cyanus Linnaeus Centaurea diffusa Lamarck Centaurea jacea Linnaeus Centaurea melitensis Linnaeus Centaurea × moncktonii C. E. Britton Centaurea montana Linnaeus Centaurea moschata Linnaeus Centaurea nigra Linnaeus Centaurea nigrescens Willdenow Centaurea phrygia Linnaeus Centaurea picris Willdenow Centaurea pulchra de Candolle Centaurea pungens Pomel Centaurea rhaponticoides (Graells) Bentham & Hooker f. Centaurea rothrockii Greenman Centaurea scabiosa Linnaeus Centaurea solstitialis Linnaeus Centaurea sp. Centaurea stoebe Linnaeus Centaurea vochinensis Bernhardi ex Reichenbach |
| Remarks | Lectotype: C. centaurium Linnaeus (vide N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U. S. ed. 2. 3: 556. 7 Jun 1913) |
| Citation | 1753 Sp. Pl. 2: 909 |
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