Lycopus europaeus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 21. 1753.
"Habitat in Europae ripis humentibus." RCN: 166.
Lectotype (Hedge & Lamond in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 92. 1968): Herb. Linn. No. 36.1 (LINN) .
Generitype of Lycopus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 116. 1929).
Current name: Lycopus europaeus L. ( Lamiaceae).