Erysimum cheiranthoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 661. 1753.

"Habitat ubique in Europae arvis." RCN: 4808.

Lectotype (Polatschek in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 78: 174. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 837.6 (LINN) .

Generitype of Erysimum Linnaeus (vide Green in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 55. 1925).

Current name: Erysimum cheiranthoides L. ( Brassicaceae).

Note: Ball (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 46. 1993) independently made the same type choice as Polatschek.