Linnaeus, C. (1763), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2: 1163 [tax. nov.]

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1826), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 3: 408 [basionym]

basionym of: Centaurea cretica (L.) Spreng. legitimate

Tausch, I.F. (1829), Botanische Bemerkungen. Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 12(1): 71 [basionym]

basionym of: Kentrophyllum creticum (L.) Tausch legitimate

Holmboe, J. (1914), Bergens Museums skrifter 1(2): 190 [basionym]

basionym of: Carthamus lanatus subsp. creticus (L.) Holmboe legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Carthamus lanatus L. legitimate

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