Drypis spinosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1:413. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Mauritania." RCN: 2169.

Lectotype (Walters in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 44. 1993): [icon] " Drypis Italica, aculeata, floribus albis, umbellatim compactis" in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 24, t. 23. 1729.

Generitype of Drypis Linnaeus.

Current name: Drypis spinosa L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: The type illustration is reproduced by Guglielmone in Forneris ( L’Erbario Univ. Torino: 289. 2004).