Record dubbio / Doubtful record
According to Tison and de Foucault (2014), Centaurea paniculata s.str. is a south-western European species, limited in France to the Lyon-Auvergne area. Closer to the Italian boundaries, only C. leucophaea s.l. is reported for France, and this species (and in particular the taxonomically doubtful C. leucophaea subsp. brunnescens) is seen by the authors as a sort of intermediate between C. paniculata s.str. and C. aplolepa. For these reasons, we consider at least doubtful the occurrence of C. paniculata s.str. in Italy.

Campania: segnalazione dubbia / doubtful record; Liguria: segnalazione dubbia / doubtful record; Piemonte: segnalazione erronea / recorded by mistake; Toscana: segnalazione erronea / recorded by mistake; Umbria: segnalazione erronea / recorded by mistake;