Rosa eglanteria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 491. 1753, nom. utique rej.

"Habitat in Helvetia, anglia [sic]." RCN: 3731.

Lectotype (Heath in Calyx 1: 153. 1992): [icon] " Rosa Eglenteria " in Tabernaemontanus, Eicones Pl.: 1087. 1590.

Current name: Rosa rubiginosa L. ( Rosaceae).

Note: See an extremely detailed discussion by Reichert (in Gleditschia 24: 18-22. 1997), who also illustrates the type (p. 21). The name has subsequently been formally rejected.