Anchusa officinalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 133. 1753.

"Habitat ad Europae ruderata, vias, agros." RCN: 1075.

Lectotype (Selvi & al. in Taxon 45: 306. 1996): Herb. Clifford: 46, Anchusa 1, sheet A (BM-000557910) .

Generitype of Anchusa Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 127. 1929).

Current name: Anchusa officinalis L. ( Boraginaceae).