Digitalis canariensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 622. 1753.

"Habitat in Canariis." RCN: 4507.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 188. 1983): Herb. Linn. No. 775.10 (LINN) .

Current name: Digitalis canariensis L. ( Scrophulariaceae).

Note: The plukenet plate cited by Linnaeus in synonymy and the corresponding voucher material in Herb. Sloane are reproduced by Francisco-Ortega & al. (in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 24: 10-11, f 4, 5. 1994).