Adanson, M. (1763), Familles des Plantes 2: 116, 532 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Carbeni benedicta Adans.

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 192 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Carbena Ewart orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centaurea L. legitimate

---