Helleborus foetidus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 558. 1753.

"Habitat in Germania, Helvetia, Gallia." RCN: 4109.

Lectotype (Mathew in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 54: 469. 2005): Herb. Linn. No. 718.6 (LINN) .

Current name: Helleborus foetidus L. ( Ranunculaceae).

Note: Mathew (Hellebores: 55. 1989) indicated unspecified material in LINN as type but this did not distinguish between sheets 718.6 and 718.7 (LINN). They do not appear to form part of a single gathering, and Art. 9.15 therefore does not apply. One of the two sheets was subsequently designated as lectotype by the same author.