Serapias cordigera Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1345. 1763.

"Habitat in Hispania, Italia, Oriente." RCN: 6867.

Lectotype (Enayet Hossain & El-Gadi in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 119: 35. 1985): Alströmer 215, Herb. Linn. No. 1057.8 (LINN) .

Current name: Serapias cordigera L. ( Orchidaceae).

Note: Baumann & al. (in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr. Heim. Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 21: 656, Abb. 46. 1989) illustrate the type.