Rubia tinctorum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 109. 1753.

"Habitat Monspelii & ad Danubium." RCN: 890.

Lectotype (Natali in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 83. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 35, Rubia 1 β (BM-000557792) .

Generitype of Rubia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 124. 1929).

Current name: Rubia tinctorum L. ( Rubiaceae).

Note: Nazimuddin & Qaiser (in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 190: 46. 1989) indicated unspecified material in LINN as type. They did not distinguish between sheets 131.1 and 131.2 (LINN) but, as they are not part of the same gathering, Art. 9.15 does not apply.