Centaurea paniculata Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 912. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C) Jarvis, Charlie S75S L. Linnaeus 1753 Magnoliopsida Asteraceae Centaurea Plantae Asterales Tracheophyta species paniculata      Centaurea paniculataLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum2: 912. 1753, typ. cons.  "Habitat in G. Narbonensi, Austria, Hispania, Verona, Sibiria." RCN: 6593.   Lectotype(Greuter & al. in Taxon50: 1205. 2002 [2001]): [icon] "Centaurii majoris species tenuifolia"in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(1): 31. 1651. - Epitype(Greuter & al. in Taxon50: 1205. 2002 [2001]): France. Rhone, Pommiers, sommet du mont de Buisante, alt. 350m, 15 Aug 1882, C. Michaud in Magnier, Flora Selecta Exsiccata No. 320 (B; iso-widely distributed).   Generitypeof  CentaureaLinnaeus, nom. cons.