Salix alba Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1021. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat ad pagos & urbes Europae." RCN: 7387.

Conserved type (Groendijk-Wilders & al. in Taxon 37: 166, f. 1. 1988): Herb. Burser XXIV: 104 (UPS) .

Generitype of Salix Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Salix alba L. subsp. alba ( Salicaceae).

Note: Salix alba, with the type designated by Groendijk-Wilders & al., was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 573. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).