Rhaponticoides
''Rhaponticoides'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, found in northern Africa, southern and eastern Europe, and western Asia as far east as Mongolia. They were resurrected from ''Centaurea''. In the 20th century the genus ''Centaurea'' was paraphyletic, because it was based on a type species, Rhaponticoides centaurium, ''C. centaurium'', which was less related to the vast majority of other ''Centaurea'' than to species which were classified as belonging to other genera. In 2001 Werner Greuter solved this by moving the ''C. centaurium'' and the related species in the former subgenus ''Centaurea'' to an old, resurrected genus: ''Rhaponticoides'', he Conserved name, conserved the name ''Centaurea'' for the majority of the other species, and electing Centaurea paniculata, ''C. paniculata'' to serve as the new type species. Species Currently accepted species include: *''Rhaponticoides africana'' (Lam.) M.V.Agab. & Greuter *''Rhaponticoides alpina'' (L.) M.V.Aga ...
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