Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 911 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Anglia, Helvetia, Austria."

Ewart, A.J., Rees, B. & Wood, B. (1910), Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 14. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23(1): 56 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1933), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 31. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 158 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 936 [secondary reference]

common name: Black Knapweed [n/a]

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

common name: Black Knapweed [n/a] common name: Lesser Knapweed [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 765 [secondary reference]

Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1632 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Black Knapweed [n/a]

Parsons, W.T. & Cuthbertson, E.G. (1992), Noxious weeds of Australia: 262-264 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 681, Fig. 129k [secondary reference]

common name: Black Knapweed [n/a]

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: - [secondary reference]

doubtful taxonomic synonym: Centaurea sp. B [n/a] misapplication: Centaurea jacea L. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 75 misapplication: Centaurea nigrescens Willd. subsp. nigrescens legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 140

• APC Comment: The NSW record of this taxon is uncertain (see L.Murray, Fl. New S. Wales 3: 326 (1992)).
• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), NSW (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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: 379

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea x moncktonii C.E.Britton legitimate by Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1632

[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: 82, map [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Centaurea sp. B [n/a] misapplication: Centaurea nigrescens Willd. subsp. nigrescens legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 140 common name: Black 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: 379

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea x moncktonii C.E.Britton legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 765

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea x moncktonii C.E.Britton legitimate by Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1632

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37: 262-264 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Centaurea x moncktonii C.E.Britton legitimate by Parsons, W.T. & Cuthbertson, E.G. (1992), Noxious weeds of Australia: 262-264

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 Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 681, Fig. 129k

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: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Centaurea sp. B [n/a] misapplication: Centaurea jacea L. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 75 misapplication: Centaurea nigrescens Willd. subsp. nigrescens legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 140

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), NSW (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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