Erica daboecii Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 509. 1762, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Hiberniae Gallovidia in montibus Mayo, solo caespitoso." RCN: 3099.

Replaced synonym: Vaccinium cantabricum Huds. (1762) .

Replaced synonym of: Andromeda daboecii L. (1767), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Nelson in Watsonia 23: 55, f. 1. 2000): [icon] " Erica Hibernica fol. Myrti pilosis subtus incanis " in Petiver, Gazophyl. Nat.: 42, t. 27, f. 4. 1702-1709.

Current name: Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K. Koch ( Ericaceae).

Note: An illegitimate renaming of Vaccinium cantabricum Hudson, Fl. Anglica: 143 (Jun 1762), to which Linnaeus refers explicitly in the protologue (Sep 1762). See extensive discussion of the history of this name by Nelson (in Watsonia 23: 48-52. 2000).