Ballota nigra Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 582. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae ruderatis." RCN: 4248.

Lectotype (Davis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 62. 1952): Herb. Linn. No. 737.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Ballota Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 165. 1929).

Current name: Ballota nigra L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Ballota alba was erroneously listed as the generitype by Jarvis & al. (Regnum Veg. 127: 23. 1993).

See discussion by Patzek (in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 62: 57-58. 1958).