Cynara acaulis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1160. 1763.

"Habitat in Barbaria." RCN: 5991.

Lectotype (Dittrich in Candollea 39: 46. 1984): [icon] "Cinara acaulos, Tunetana, Tafga dicta, magno flore suaviter olente" in Tilli, Cat. Pl. Hort. Pisani: 41, t. 20, f. 1. 1723.

Current name: Rhaponticum acaule (L.) DC. ( Asteraceae).