Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 914 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europa septentrionalis."

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 21 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 378-379 [secondary reference]

common name: Brown Knapweed [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 75 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 584, Fig. 82F [secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Centaurea. Flora of New South Wales 3: 326 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea sp. B [n/a] by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 75

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (2007), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania: 5 [secondary reference]

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (2009), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania: 5 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

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

misapplied to: Centaurea nigra L. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 75

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

misapplied to: Centaurea x moncktonii C.E.Britton legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 378-379

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea x moncktonii C.E.Britton legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (2007), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania: 5

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37: 83, Fig. 5D-G, map [secondary reference]

common name: Brown Knapweed [n/a]

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37: 82 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea x moncktonii C.E.Britton legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 378-379

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 12 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea x moncktonii C.E.Britton legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (2009), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania: 5

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea nigra L. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 75

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