Carlina atractyloides Linnaeus, Plantae Rariores Africanae: 17. 1760.

["Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."] Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 2: 1161 (1763). RCN: 5998.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burman (G); Herb. Linn. No. 970.9 (LINN); [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 273, f. 4. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 86. 1696 - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 99: 172 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Berkheya atractyloides (L.) Schltr. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Roessler (in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 267. 1959) treated this as a "species dubium".