Lilium candidum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 302. 1753.

"Habitat in Palaestina, Syria." RCN: 2384.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. A. van Royen No. 913.62-563 (L); Herb. Linn. No. 420.1 (LINN); Herb. Burser III: 114 (UPS); Herb. Burser III: 113 (UPS); [icon] in Dodoëns, Stirp. Hist. Pempt., ed. 2: 197. 1616.

Generitype of Lilium Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 145. 1929).

Current name: Lilium candidum L. ( Liliaceae).

Note: Dasgupta & Deb (in Candollea 39: 488. 1984) indicated 421.1 (LINN) as type, but this is material linked with Fritillaria and not original material for this name.