Rubia angustifolia Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 119; Mantissa Plantarum: 39. 1767.

"Habitat in Minorca. Richard." RCN: 893.

Neotype (Cardona & Sierra-Ràfols in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 37: 561. 1981): Willkomm, Herb. Balear. No. 329 (COI) .

Current name: Rubia angustifolia L. ( Rubiaceae).

Note: Cardona & Sierra-Ràfols typify the name in the sense of R. peregrina var. balearica Willk., a taxon absent from Menorca. López González (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 53: 133-135. 1995) therefore rejects their neotypification, arguing that the name must apply to R. peregrina var. (Poir.) Gren. López González does not propose a new neotype but appears to conclude that the name must now be regarded as ambiguous, and takes up R. balearica (Willk.) G. López for the Menorcan plant (syn. R. angustifolia auct. non L.). See review by Rosselló & Sáez (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 55: 479-480. 1997; Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 25: 159. 2000).