Centaurea centauroides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 918. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia." RCN: 6629.

Lectotype (designated here by Baldini): [icon] "Iacea laevis maxima centauroides lutea Apula" in Colonna, Ekphr.: 33, 35. 1606.

Current name: Centaurea centauroides L. ( Asteraceae).