Echinops corymbosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 815. 1753.

"Habitat in Apulia, Hellesponto, Lemno, T[h]racia, in campis." RCN: 6009.

Basionym of: Carthamus corymbosus (L.) L. (1763) .

Lectotype (Turland in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 360. 1998): Herb. Clifford: 391, Echinops 2, sheet 26 (BM-000646905) .

Current name: Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers. ( Asteraceae).