Salvia aegyptiaca Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 66; Mantissa Plantarum: 26. 1767, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Aegypto. Forskåhl.” RCN: 213.

Replaced synonym of: Salvia spinosa L. (1771) .

Lectotype (Hedge in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 89. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 42.44 (LINN) .

Current name: Salvia spinosa L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Salvia aegyptiaca L. (1767) is a later homonym (and therefore illegitimate) of S. aegyptiaca L. (1753), the latter also appearing in Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 2: 64 (1767). Salvia spinosa was published as a nomen novum for S. aegyptiaca L. (1767, non 1753).