Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 563 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Centaurea salmantica L. legitimate

White, C.T. (1936), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 47: 66 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 679 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mantisalca salmantica (L.) Briq. & Cavill. legitimate

Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37: 73 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mantisalca salmantica (L.) Briq. & Cavill. legitimate

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