3. Cyanus cheiranthifolius (Willd.) Soják (1972: 131) .

Centaurea cheiranthifolia Willdenow (1794: 12) . Centaurea fischeri subsp. cheiranthifolia (Willd.) Sosnovsky (1926: 86) . Type:— TURKEY. Habitat in Anatolia, Tournefort & Gundelsheimer s.n. (holotype B-W 16554-01 0!).

Centaurea ochroleuca Pushk. ex Willdenow (1803: 2289) . Centaurea axillaris var. ochroleuca (Willd.) Boissier (1875: 636) . Centaurea fischeri subsp. ochroleuca (Willd.) Sosnovsky (1926: 85) . Type:— AZERBAIJAN. Habitat ad Caucasum, s.c. s.n. (lectotype B-W 16555-03 0! designated here, isolectotypes B-W 16555-01 0!, B-W 16555-02 0!).

Centaurea montana var. albida Candolle (1838: 579) . Type:— AZERBAIJAN. In pratis montosis prov: Karabagh orientali circa Ghierus, 1832, Szovits s.n. (lectotype G-DC! (G00487640) designated here).

Centaurea montana var. citrina Candolle (1838: 579) . Type:— GEORGIA: Géorgie, Guriel, 1832, Szovits s.n. (lectotype G-DC! (G00487643) designated here).

Distribution: — Cyanus cheiranthifolius occurs in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Russia.