Euphorbia verrucosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 459. 1753.

"Habitat in Gallia, Helvetia." RCN: 3542.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 630.54? (LINN); Herb. Burser XVI(2): 38 (UPS) .

Current name: Euphorbia verrucosa L. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: Khan (in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 25: 103. 1964) used the name in the sense of E. pubescens Vahl, based on 630.51 (LINN). Dandy (in Watsonia 7: 163. 1969) rejected the name as ambiguous, though Riedl (in Taxon 19: 798. 1970) argued for its retention. Lambinon (in Taxon 30: 363. 1981) proposed its formal rejection but this was declined by the Committee for Spermatophyta (in Taxon 35: 559. 1986), partly because 630.51 was a post-1753 addition to Linnaeus’ collection and cannot be the type of the name.