Nigella arvensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 534. 1753.

"Habitat in Germanniae, Galliae, Italiae agris." RCN: 3969.

Lectotype (Strid in Opera Bot. 28: 28. 1970): Herb. Burser VII(1): 118 (UPS) .

Generitype of Nigella Linnaeus (vide Hutchinson in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 87. 1923).

Current name: Nigella arvensis L. ( Ranunculaceae).