Symphytum orientale Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 136. 1753.

"Habitat juxta Constantinopoli rivulos primo vere." RCN: 1099.

Lectotype (Kurtto in Ann. Bot. Fenn. 22: 330. 1985): [icon] " Symphytum Constantinopolitanum, Borraginis folio & facie, flore albo" in Buxbaum, Pl. Minus Cognit. Cent. 5: 36, t. 68. 1740.

Current name: Symphytum orientale L. ( Boraginaceae).

Note: Stearn (in Ann. Mus. Goulandris 7: 177. 1986) subsequently made the same type choice as Kurtto. Bottega & Garbari (in Webbia 58: 264, f. 10. 2003) reproduce the type illustration.