Plumbago europaea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 151. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australi." RCN: 1200.

Lectotype (Edmondson in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 77. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 216.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Plumbago Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 129. 1929).

Current name: Plumbago europaea L. ( Plumbaginaceae).