Ruta graveolens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 383. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae australis, Alexandriae, Mauritaniae sterilibus." RCN: 3014.

Lectotype (Nair in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 83. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 537.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Ruta Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 152. 1929).

Current name: Ruta graveolens L. ( Rutaceae).