Carthamus tinctorius Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 830. 1753.

"Habitat in Aegypto." RCN: 6002.

Lectotype (Rechinger, Fl. Iranica 139b: 434. 1980): Herb. Clifford: 394, Carthamus 1 (BM-000646936) .

Generitype of Carthamus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 179. 1929).

Current name: Carthamus tinctorius L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Hanelt (in Feddes Repert. 67: 90. 1963) designated an illustration in Fuchs (Hist. Stirp.: 410. 1542) as the type, but as this did not form part of the protologue, it cannot be an original element for the name.