Ilex aquifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 125. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australiori, Japonia, Virginia [sic]." RCN: 1028.

Lectotype (Pedley in George, Fl. Australia 22: 201. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 173.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Ilex Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 126. 1929).

Current name: Ilex aquifolium L. ( Aquifoliaceae).