Ruscus aculeatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1041. 1753.

"Habitat in Galliae, Italiae nemorosis asperis." RCN: 7524.

Lectotype (Yeo & Mathew in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 83. 1993): Herb. Burser XXIV: 91 (UPS) .

Generitype of Ruscus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 192. 1929).

Current name: Ruscus aculeatus L. ( Liliaceae / Ruscaceae).