Salix helix Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1017. 1753.
"Habitat in Europae australiori ad sepes, locis aquosis." RCN: 7368.
Lectotype (designated here by Belyaeva): [icon] " Salix Helice Theophrasti " in Daléchamps, Hist. General. Pl. 1: 277. 1587.
Current name: Salix purpurea L. ( Salicaceae).