Asclepias vincetoxicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 216. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae glareosis." RCN: 1782.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 78, Asclepias 1, 6 sheets (BM) ; Herb. Burser XVII: 52 (UPS); Herb. Linn. No. 310.27 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 310.29 (LINN); [icon] in Dodoëns, Stirp. Hist. Pempt., ed. 2: 407. 1616.

Current name: Vincetoxicum hirudinaria Medik. ( Asclepiadaceae).

Note: Jagtap & Singh (in Fasc. Fl. India 24: 59. 1999) indicated 310.28 (LINN) as type but this sheet lacks the Species Plantarum number (i.e. “12”) and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and not original material for the name.