Ruta chalepensis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 293; Mantissa Plantarum: 69. 1767.

"Habitat in Africa." RCN: 3015.

Lectotype (Meikle, Fl. Cyprus 1: 349. 1977): Herb. Linn. No. 537.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Ruta chalepensis L. ( Rutaceae).

Note: Although the precise date of publication of Meikle’s typification is uncertain, it is clearly earlier than that of Jafri (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 50: 2. 30 Dec 1977).