Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 177. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae glareosis sterilibus." RCN: 1404.

Lectotype (Huber-Morath in Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 87: 43. 1971): Herb. Linn. No. 242.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Verbascum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 132. 1929).

Current name: Verbascum thapsus L. ( Scrophulariaceae).

Note: Although Huber-Morath did not explicitly cite the sheet number of 242.1 (LINN), it is the only sheet there associated with this name and is accepted here as the lectotype.