Viscum album L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part V), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 911-926 : 924-925

Viscum album Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1023. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae arboribus, parasitica." RCN: 7402.

Lectotype (Bhopal & Chaudhri in Pakistan Syst. 1(2): 58. 1977): Herb. Linn. No. 1166.1 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Viscum Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 191. 1929).

Current name: Viscum album L. ( Loranthaceae ).

Note: See also Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 153. 1994), who independently made the same choice of type.