Arcangeli, G. (1882), Compendio della Flora Italiana Edn. 1: 330 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Scabiosa maritima L. legitimate

Greuter, W.R. & Raus, T. (ed.) (30 July 1985), Med-Checklist Notulae, 11. Willdenowia 15(1): 76 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sixalix atropurpurea subsp. maritima (L.) Greuter & Burdet legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Scabiosa atropurpurea L. legitimate

Del Guacchio, E., Cennamo, P. & Caputo, P. (2018), The Linnaean names in Scabiosa (Caprifoliaceae: Dipsacoideae). Taxon 67(2): 431 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter & Burdet legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter & Burdet legitimate

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