Centaurea tingitana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1300. 1763.

"Habitat in Agro Tingitano." RCN: 6641.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Haller, Brev. Enum. Stirp. Hort. Gott.: 370. 1743; [icon] in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 162, 163. 1687.

Current name: Carthamus caeruleus L. ( Asteraceae).