Rhamnus cathartica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 193. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae australioris sepibus." RCN: 1549.

Lectotype (Schirarend in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 81. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 262.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Rhamnus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 133. 1929).

Current name: Rhamnus cathartica L. ( Rhamnaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “catharticus” in the protologue.