Asphodelus ramosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 310. 1753.

"Habitat in Narbona, Lusitania, Hispania, Italia." RCN: 2440.

Lectotype ( Díaz Lifante & Valdés in Taxon 43: 249. 1994): Herb. Linn. No. 431.4, inflorescence only (LINN) .

Generitype of Asphodelus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 146. 1929).

Current name: Asphodelus ramosus L. ( Liliaceae / Asphodelaceae).

Note: See detailed discussion by Díaz Lifante & Valdés on the usage of this name.