Centaurea
"Centaurea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Members contain 5-methyl-8-hydroxycoumarin. The common name of centaury is more often used for CENTAURIUM
| Descriptor ID |
D031179
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.100.188
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| Concept/Terms |
Centaurea- Centaurea
- Centaureas
- Thistle, Yellow Star
- Star Thistle, Yellow
- Star Thistles, Yellow
- Thistles, Yellow Star
- Yellow Star Thistle
- Yellow Star Thistles
- Thistle, Red Star
- Red Star Thistle
- Red Star Thistles
- Star Thistle, Red
- Star Thistles, Red
- Thistles, Red Star
- Cornflower
- Cornflowers
- Knapweed
- Knapweeds
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Centaurea" by people in Profiles.
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Knochel DG, Seastedt TR. Reconciling contradictory findings of herbivore impacts on spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) growth and reproduction. Ecol Appl. 2010 Oct; 20(7):1903-12.
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Knochel DG, Monson ND, Seastedt TR. Additive effects of aboveground and belowground herbivores on the dominance of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe). Oecologia. 2010 Nov; 164(3):701-12.
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Seastedt TR, Suding KN. Biotic constraints on the invasion of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) in North American grasslands. Oecologia. 2007 Apr; 151(4):626-36.
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Blair AC, Nissen SJ, Brunk GR, Hufbauer RA. A lack of evidence for an ecological role of the putative allelochemical (+/-)-catechin in spotted knapweed invasion success. J Chem Ecol. 2006 Oct; 32(10):2327-31.
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Suding KN, LeJeune KD, Seastedt TR. Competitive impacts and responses of an invasive weed: dependencies on nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Oecologia. 2004 Nov; 141(3):526-35.