Linnaeus, C. (2 June 1756), Centuria II. Plantarum: 8 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat Monspelii"

Arcangeli, G. (1882), Compendio della Flora Italiana Edn. 1: 330 [basionym]

basionym of: Scabiosa atropurpurea subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names. Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1: 533 [secondary reference]

Béguinot, A. in Fiori, A. & Beguinot, A. (1903), Flora Analitica d'Italia 3(1): 152 [basionym]

basionym of: Scabiosa atropurpurea var. maritima (L.) Bég. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 541-542, Fig. 234 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 1056 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Dipsacaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 651 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Scabiosa atropurpurea L. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 1056

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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