Dipsacus fullonum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 97. 1753.

"Habitat in Gallia, Anglia, Italia." RCN: 794.

Lectotype (Wilmott in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 13: 20. 1947): Herb. Linn. No. 119.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Dipsacus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 123. 1929).

Current name: Dipsacus fullonum L. ( Dipsacaceae).

Note: Lambinon (in Taxon 30: 362. 1981) proposed the rejection of the name as a nomen ambiguum, but the Committee for Spermatophyta (in Taxon 35: 559. 1986) declined the proposal.