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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Centaurium''
| image = Centaurium erythraea (plant).jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = ''Centaurium erythraea''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Gentianaceae]]
| genus = '''''Centaurium'''''
| genus_authority = [[John Hill (author)|Hill]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Centaurium''''' (formerly ''Erythraea'') is a [[genus]] containing about 50 [[species]] in the [[gentian]] family ([[Gentianaceae]]), tribe [[Chironieae]], subtribe [[Chironiinae]]. The genus was named after the [[centaur]] [[Chiron]], famed in [[Greek mythology]] for his skill in [[medicinal herbs]]. The common name for plants in this genus is '''Centaury'''.
This genus is primarily distributed in the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]]. However, species such as ''Centaurium littorale'' are widespread, but not common, between the northern Mediterranean and [[Scandinavia]].
Plants in the genus contain bitter principals, and are sometimes used medicinally as a [[stomachic]] and [[tonic]].
==Species==
*''[[Centaurium beyrichii]]'' — Rock Centaury
*''[[Centaurium calycosum]]'' <small>(Buckley) Fernald</small>
*''[[Centaurium erythraea]]'' <small>(Griseb.) Wight</small> — Common Centaury
*''[[Centaurium exaltatum]]'' <small>Rafin.</small>
*''[[Centaurium littorale]]'' <small>(Turner) Gilmore</small> — Seaside Centaury
*''[[Centaurium muhlenbergii]]'' <small>(Griseb.) Wight</small>
*''[[Centaurium pulchellum]]'' <small>(Sw.) Druce</small> — Lesser Centaury
*''[[Centaurium scilloides]]'' <small>(L.) Samp.</small> — Perennial Centaury
*''[[Centaurium spicatum]]'' <small>(L.) Fernald</small> — Spiked Centaury
*''[[Centaurium tenuiflorum]]'' <small>(Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch</small> — Slender Centaury
*''[[Centaurium texense]]'' <small>(Grieseb.) Fernald</small>
==References==
*[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/gentnet/index.htm Gentian Research Network]
{{Commonscat|Centaurium}}
[[Category:Gentianaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Centaurium''
| image = Centaurium erythraea (plant).jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = ''Centaurium erythraea''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Gentianaceae]]
| genus = '''''Centaurium'''''
| genus_authority = [[John Hill (author)|Hill]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Centaurium''''' (formerly ''Erythraea'') is a [[genus]] containing about 50 [[species]] in the [[gentian]] family ([[Gentianaceae]]), tribe [[Chironieae]], subtribe [[Chironiinae]]. The genus was named after the [[centaur]] [[Chiron]], famed in [[Greek mythology]] for his skill in [[medicinal herbs]]. The common name for plants in this genus is '''Centaury'''.
This genus is primarily distributed in the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]]. However, species such as ''Centaurium littorale'' are widespread, but not common, between the northern Mediterranean and [[Scandinavia]].
Plants in the genus contain bitter principals, and are sometimes used medicinally as a [[stomachic]] and [[tonic]].
==Species==
*''[[Centaurium beyrichii]]'' — Rock Centaury
*''[[Centaurium calycosum]]'' <small>(Buckley) Fernald</small>
*''[[Centaurium erythraea]]'' <small>(Griseb.) Wight</small> — Common Centaury
*''[[Centaurium exaltatum]]'' <small>Rafin.</small>
*''[[Centaurium littorale]]'' <small>(Turner) Gilmore</small> — Seaside Centaury
*''[[Centaurium muhlenbergii]]'' <small>(Griseb.) Wight</small>
*''[[Centaurium pulchellum]]'' <small>(Sw.) Druce</small> — Lesser Centaury
*''[[Centaurium scilloides]]'' <small>(L.) Samp.</small> — Perennial Centaury
*''[[Centaurium spicatum]]'' <small>(L.) Fernald</small> — Spiked Centaury
*''[[Centaurium tenuiflorum]]'' <small>(Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch</small> — Slender Centaury
*''[[Centaurium texense]]'' <small>(Grieseb.) Fernald</small>
==References==
*[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/gentnet/index.htm Gentian Research Network]
{{Commonscat|Centaurium}}
[[Category:Gentianaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
