Atraphaxis spinosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 333. 1753.

"Habitat in Media ad urbem Hansen locis glareosis juxta fluvios." RCN: 2575.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 462.1 (LINN); [icon] in Buxbaum, Pl. Minus Cognit. Cent. 1: 19, t. 30. 1728; [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 47, t. 40, f. 47. 1732.

Generitype of Atraphaxis Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 148. 1929).

Current name: Atraphaxis spinosa L. ( Polygonaceae).

Note: Although Qaiser (in Ali & Qaiser, Fl. Pakistan 205: 172. 2001) indicated 462.1 (LINN) as type, his choice was published after 1 Jan 2001 and so the omission of the phrase "designated here" or an equivalent (Art. 7.11) means that this choice is not effective.