Cnicus ferox Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 531; Mantissa Plantarum: 109. 1767.

"Habitat in Europae australis montosis, sterilibus." RCN: 5977.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 3(1): 58. 1651.

Current name: Cirsium ferox (L.) DC. ( Asteraceae).