Centaurea acaulis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 914. 1753.

"Habitat in Arabia." RCN: 6602.

Lectotype (Greuter & Aghababian in Greuter & Raab-Straube in Willdenowia 35: 228. 2005): [icon] " Jacea &c. sive Toffs Arabum" in Shaw, Cat. Pl. Afr. As.: 42, f. 342. 1738. - Epitype (Greuter & Aghababian in Greuter & Raab-Straube in Willdenowia 35: 229. 2005): Tunisia. Governorat de Sililiana: Dorsale Tunisienne, Forêt de Kesra, track no. 764 between Kesra and Djebel Balloula, ca. 3km NE Kesra, 1,030-1,100m, 18 May 1994, Vogt & Oberprieler 7816 (B).

Current name: Centaurea acaulis L. ( Asteraceae).