Thymbra spicata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 569. 1753.

"Habitat in Macedonia, Libano." RCN: 4163.

Lectotype (Morales & López González in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 94. 1993): [icon] "Thymum majus longifolium, Staechadis foliaceo capite purpurascente, pilosum" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 116, f. 5. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 368. 1696.

Generitype of Thymbra Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 164. 1929).

Current name: Thymbra spicata L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Morales Valverde (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 44: 371. 1987) designated 724.1 (LINN) as lectotype but the sheet lacks a Species Plantarum number and is a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and not original material for the name.