Polygonum dumetorum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 522. 1762.

"Habitat in Europae australioris sylvis umbrosis." RCN: 2877.

Lectotype (Bhopal & Chaudhri in Pakistan Syst. 1(2): 70. 1977): Herb. Linn. No. 510.40 (LINN) .

Current name: Fallopia dumetorum (L.) Holub ( Polygonaceae).

Note: Elkington’s type choice (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 153. 1994) is predated by that of Bhopal & Chaudhri.