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.