• Centaurea Linnaeus, 1753
• Centaurea americana Nutt.
• Centaurea aspera Linnaeus
• Centaurea austriaca Willd. accepted as Centaurea phrygia Linnaeus
• Centaurea benedicta (L.) L. accepted as Cnicus benedictus Linnaeus
• Centaurea biebersteinii DC.
• Centaurea bovina Velen.
• Centaurea calcitrapa Linnaeus
• Centaurea calcitrapoides Linnaeus
• Centaurea cineraria Linnaeus
• Centaurea cyanus Linnaeus
• Centaurea dealbata Willd.
• Centaurea debauxii Gren. & Godr.
• Centaurea debeauxii Gren. & Godr.
• Centaurea depressa Bieb.
• Centaurea diffusa Lam.
• Centaurea diluta Ait.
• Centaurea dubia Suter accepted as Centaurea transalpina Schleich. ex DC.
• Centaurea eriophora Linnaeus
• Centaurea iberica Trev. ex Spreng.
• Centaurea jacea Linnaeus
• Centaurea macrocephala Puschk. ex Willd.
• Centaurea maculosa auct. non Lam. accepted as Centaurea biebersteinii DC.
• Centaurea melitensis Linnaeus
• Centaurea montana Linnaeus
• Centaurea moschata Linnaeus accepted as Amberboa moschata (L.) DC.
• Centaurea muricata Linnaeus accepted as Cyanopsis muricata (L.) Dostál
• Centaurea nervosa Willd. accepted as Centaurea uniflora Turra
• Centaurea nigra Linnaeus
• Centaurea nigrescens Willd.
• Centaurea ovina Pallas ex Willd.
• Centaurea paniculata Linnaeus
• Centaurea phrygia Linnaeus
• Centaurea picris Pallas ex Willd. accepted as Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.
• Centaurea pouzinii DC.
• Centaurea pratensis Thuill. accepted as Centaurea debeauxii Gren. & Godr.
• Centaurea repens Linnaeus accepted as Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.
• Centaurea rothrockii Greenm.
• Centaurea salmantica Linnaeus accepted as Mantisalca salmantica (L.) Briq. & Cavillier
• Centaurea scabiosa Linnaeus
• Centaurea solstitialis Linnaeus
• Centaurea squarrosa Willd. accepted as Centaurea triumfettii All.
• Centaurea sulphurea Willd.
• Centaurea transalpina Schleich. ex DC.
• Centaurea trichocephala Bieb. ex Willd.
• Centaurea triumfettii All.
• Centaurea uniflora Turra
• Centaurea virgata Lam. accepted as Centaurea triumfettii All.
• Centaurea vochinensis Bernh. ex Reichenb. accepted as Centaurea nigrescens Willd.