Aegialophila cretica Boiss. & Heldr. in Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 106. 1849

is basionym for Crocodilium creticum (Boiss. & Heldr.) N. García & Susanna in Pl. Syst. Evol. 234: 25. 20021

is basionym for Centaurea cretica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur.: 34. 1854–1855

is replaced synonym for Centaurea aegialophila Wagenitz in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 230. 1974

Syntype: Greece, Ad portum Sitia Cretae orientalis, Apr 1846, Heldreich,T. H. H. von 1451 (WU: WU 0076953) https://wu.jacq.org/WU0076953

Syntype: Greece, in arenos. marit. Cretae orientalis ad portum Sitia, Apr 1846, Heldreich,T. H. H. von (BM: BM00104357) https://plants.jstor.org/stable/viewer/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.bm001043157

Syntype: Greece, in arenosis maritimis portum Sitia, Creta, Apr 1846, Heldreich,T. H. H. von (GOET: GOET001206) https://plants.jstor.org/stable/viewer/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.goet001206

Syntype: Greece, In arenosis maritimis portus Sitia, Creta, Apr 1846, Heldreich,T. H. H. von (K: K000772896) https://plants.jstor.org/stable/viewer/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000772896

Taxon for this name

Aegialophila cretica Boiss. & Heldr.

Aegialophila cretica Boiss. & Heldr. in Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 106. 1849

1. "Crocodilium" is the original spelling in the genus protologue, contrary to the more frequently used incorrect orthographical variant "Crocodylium"