Senecio jacobaea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 870. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pascuis." RCN: 6294.

Lectotype (Kadereit & Sell in Watsonia 16: 22. 1986): Herb. Linn. No. 996.44 (LINN) .

Current name: Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Jeffrey & Chen Yi-Ling (in Kew Bull. 39: 414. 1984) designated the Hortus Cliffortianus polynomial as “lectotype” . However, descriptions cannot serve as types (Art. 9).