Centaurea hyalolepis subsp. negevensis Plitmann (original description)
Centaurea hyalolepis var. brevispina Pitmann (original description)
Centaurea iberica var. mesocentroides Pitmann (original description)
Centaurea pallescens subsp. calcitrapella (Bornm. & Dinsm.) Plitmann (original description)
Centaurea pallescens subsp. idumaea Plitmann (original description)
Centaurea pallescens subsp. kurnubensis (Eig) Plitmann (original description)
Centaurea pallescens var. australis Plitmann accepted as Centaurea hyalolepis Boiss. (original description)
Centaurea procurrens subsp. sharonensis Plitmann accepted as Centaurea procurrens Sieber ex Spreng. (original description)