Ajuga reptans Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 561. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australiori." RCN: 4117.

Lectotype (Hedge in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 16. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 721.10 (LINN) .

Current name: Ajuga reptans L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: This was treated as the generitype of Ajuga by Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 3: 101. 1913 (see McNeill & al. in Taxon 36: 358. 1987). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Green’s choice (Prop. Brit. Bot.: 164. 1929) of A. pyramidalis L.