Rumex spinosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 337. 1753.

"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 2599.

Lectotype (Graham in Turrill & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Polygonaceae: 3. 1958): Herb. Linn. No. 464.36 (LINN) .

Current name: Emex spinosa (L.) Campd. ( Polygonaceae).