Ajuga pyramidalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 561. 1753.

"Habitat in Suecia, Helvetia, Germania." RCN: 4114.

Lectotype (Ball in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 50: 510. 2001): Herb. Linn. No. 721.2 (LINN) .

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

Current name: Ajuga pyramidalis L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Ajuga reptans L. was treated as the generitype of Ajuga by Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 3: 101. 1913 (see McNeill & al. in Taxon 36: 358. 1987). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Green’s choice (Prop. Brit. Bot.: 164. 1929) of A. pyramidalis .