Salsola muricata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 196; Mantissa Plantarum: 54. 1767.

"Habitat in Europa australi, Aegypto." RCN: 1831.

Lectotype (Jafri & Rateeb in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 58: 23. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 315.22 (LINN) .

Current name: Bassia muricata (L.) Asch. ( Chenopodiaceae).