Rumex aegyptiacus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 335. 1753.

"Habitat in Aegypto." RCN: 2583.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 149.17 (S); [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 191, t. 158, f. 191. 1732; [icon] in Tilli, Cat. Pl. Hort. Pisani: 93, t. 37, f. 1. 1723.

Current name: Rumex aegyptiacus L. ( Polygonaceae).

Note: El Hadidi & al. (in Taeckholmia 10: 57. 1987) indicated 464.11 (LINN) as type, but this collection lacks the relevant Species Plantarum number (i.e. “6”) and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and is not original material for the name.