Hayek, A. von in Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (ed.) (1931), Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Balcanicae II. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beihefte 30(2): 766 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Centaurea maculosa subsp. micranthos S.G.Gmel. ex Gugler legitimate

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

• APC Dist.: ACT (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Centaurea stoebe subsp. australis (Pančić ex A.Kern.) Greuter legitimate

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