Carduus nutans var. brachycentrus Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 7: 40. 1895 The type specimens in Eugen von Halácsy´s Herbarium Graecum Reich, Dieter Gutermann, Walter Bardy, Katharina Rainer, Heimo Raus, Thomas Sonnleitner, Michaela Tan, Kit Lachmayer, Margarita Phytotaxa 2021 2021-03-29 493 1 1 156 B4TLD Hausskn., Mitth. Thuring. Bot. Vereins [136,988,1634,1661] Magnoliopsida Asteraceae Carduus Plantae Asterales 23 24 Tracheophyta variety nutans brachycentrus    Syntype:—[ Greece] Planities Thessalae( Thessaliotis), in collibus herbosis prope Aivali(inter Pheraset Pharsalum):  15 June 1885, T. H. H.  von Heldreichs.n. ( WU 0076430). 1885-06-15 T, H Greece Pharsalum Planities Thessalae Pheras 23 24 1 syntype [525,909,1742,1769] WU von Heldreich Greece 23 24 WU 0076430 1 syntype