Centaurea sphaerocephala Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 916. 1753.

"Habitat in Mauritania." RCN: 6617.

Lectotype (Jeanmonod & al. in Jeanmonod, Compl. Prodr. Fl. Corse, Asteraceae II: 166. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 1030.45 (LINN) .

Current name: Centaurea sphaerocephala L. ( Asteraceae).