Mespilus pyracantha Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 478. 1753.

"Habitat in Galloprovinciae, Italiae sepibus." RCN: 3654.

Lectotype ( Muñoz Garmendia & Aedo in Taxon 47: 171. 1998): Herb. Burser XXIV: 8 (UPS) .

Current name: Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem. ( Rosaceae).

Note: Muñoz Garmendia & Aedo typified the name in a proposal to conserve P. coccinea M. Roem., which is a nomen novum based on this Linnaean name.