Centaurea orientalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 913. 1753.

"Habitat in Sibiria." RCN: 6603.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1030.33 (H); Gerber, Herb. Linn. No. 1030.33 (LINN); [icon] in Haller in Philos. Trans. 43(472): 94, t. 4. 1744.

Current name: Centaurea orientalis L. ( Asteraceae).