Scabiosa atropurpurea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 100. 1753.

"Habitat in India ?" RCN: 814.

Lectotype (Alavi in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 56: 10. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 120.25 (LINN) .

Current name: Scabiosa atropurpurea L. ( Dipsacaceae).