Synonymy
Source: Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Centaurea spectabilis (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Sch. Bip. in Linnaea 19: 326. 1846
- ≡Psephellus spectabilis Fisch. & C. A. Mey. in Fischer & al., Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 4: 43. 1838
- ≡Phaeopappus spectabilis (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 124. 1846
- ≡Tomanthea spectabilis (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Takht. in Trudy Molod. Naučn. Rabotn. Armjansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1939: 241. 1939
- =Phaeopappus armenus Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 3: 13. 1847
- =Phaeopappus microlophus Boiss. in Tchihatcheff, Asie Min., Bot. 2: 308. 1860
- =Phaeopappus araneosus Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 598. 1875
- ≡Tomanthea araneosa (Boiss.) Takht. in Trudy Molod. Naučn. Rabotn. Armjansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1939: 241. 1939