Periploca graeca Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1:211. 1753.

"Habitat in Syria." RCN: 1749.

Lectotype (Goyder in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 74. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 78, Periploca 1 (BM-000558169) .

Generitype of Periploca Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 136. 1929).

Current name: Periploca graeca L. ( Asclepiadaceae).