Rumex lunaria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 336. 1753.

"Habitat in Canariis." RCN: 2592.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 464.24 (LINN); Herb. Clifford: 139, Rumex 8 (BM) ; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 252, f. 3. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 8. 1696; [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 2: 994. 1651.

Current name: Rumex lunaria L. ( Polygonaceae).

Note: Siddiqi & El Taife (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 106: 12. 1983) indicated as type 464.25 (LINN). However, this is an Alströmer collection that did not reach Linnaeus until 1762 so it cannot be original material for the name.