| Name | Centaurea atropurpurea Waldst. & Kit. |
| Authorship | Waldst. & Kit. |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Centaurea Linnaeus |
| Citation | Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 2: 121 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Centaurea atropurpurea Waldst. & Kit. |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |