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

"Habitat in Creta, Baetica, Hispali, Graecia." RCN: 4160.

Lectotype (Siddiqi in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 118: 90. 1985): Löfling s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 723.11 (LINN) .

Current name: Coridothymus capitatus (L.) Rchb. f. ( Lamiaceae).