Euphorbia chamaesyce Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 455. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australi, Sibiria." RCN: 3516.

Lectotype (Khan in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 25: 152. 1964): Löfling 373, Herb. Linn. No. 630.15 (LINN) .

Current name: Euphorbia chamaesyce L. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: Wheeler (in Rhodora 43: 265, pl. 668A. 1941) treated 630.17 (LINN) as the type, but this is a Browne specimen from Jamaica that Linnaeus did not receive until 1758 so it is not original material for the name.