Satureja graeca Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 568. 1753.

"Habitat ad Archipelagum." RCN: 4157.

Lectotype (Morales in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 48: 143. 1991): Herb. Linn. No. 723.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Micromeria graeca (L.) Benth. ex Rchb. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: Although Siddiqi (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 118: 110. 1985) indicated 723.3 (LINN) as type, this collection is unannotated by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.