⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-54694, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Carduus nyassanus subsp. kikuyorum .
The record derives from TICA which reports it as a synonym (record D748C492-4BBA-4AB3-9781-700FFD30343F
) with original publication details: Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 450 (1892) 450 1892.