Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Acroptilon Cass.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.
Synonymy:
  • = Centaurea picris Pall. ex Willd. (1803)
Vernacular Name(s):
Creeping knapweed; Russian knapweed
 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Casual1
Total1
 Bibliography
Hidalgo, O.; Garcia-Jacas, N.; Garnatje, T.; Susanna de la Serna, A. 2006: Phylogeny of Rhaponticum (Asteraceae, Cardueae-Centaureinae) and related genera inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Annals of Botany 97: 705–714. [as Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo]