⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-63280, and has not been changed.

Carduus acanthoides subsp. multiflorus (Gaudin) Nyman is a synonym of Carduus crispus subsp. multiflorus (Gaudin) Franco

The record derives from TICA which reports it as a synonym (record 4C0FEF9B-9147-4CDB-BD83-B599FF328686) with original publication details: "Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 1879." 413 1879.