Phyllis nobla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 232. 1753.

"Habitat in Canariis." RCN: 1889.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 76. 1993): [icon] " Valerianella Canariensis frutescens, Simpla nobla dicta " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 405, t. 299, f. 386. 1732.

Generitype of Phyllis Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 138. 1929).

Current name: Phyllis nobla L. ( Rubiaceae).