Ammi copticum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 206; Mantissa Plantarum: 56. 1767.

"Habitat in Aegypto. Forskåhl.” RCN: 1950.

Lectotype (Townsend in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Umbelliferae: 45. 1989): Herb. Linn. No. 341.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague ( Apiaceae).