Rhinanthus elephas Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 603. 1753.

"Habitat in umbrosis Italiae." RCN: 4373.

Lectotype (Burbidge & Richardson in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 30: 105. 1970): Herb. Linn. No. 758.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Rhynchocorys elephas (L.) Griseb. ( Scrophulariaceae).