Salicornia europaea Linnaeus var. herbacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 3. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae litoribus maritimis." RCN: 24.

Basionym of: Salicornia herbacea (L.) L. (1762) .

Lectotype (Piirainen in Ann. Bot. Fenn. 28: 82. 1991): Herb. Linn. No. 10.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Salicornia europaea L. ( Chenopodiaceae).

Note: López González (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 55: 469. 1997) believed this name to be invalid but Art. 26.2 Ex. 3 indicates that this is a valid name.