The typification of the name Centaurea crassifolia Bertol. is discussed. The specimens of C. crassifolia collected by Bertoloni were lost during the Second World War and have never been found. Therefore, according to the article of ICN a neotype for this species is designated using a specimen kept in CAT herbarium.
Malta, Bertoloni, Cheirolophus, Palaeocyanus, neotypification