Ornithogalum arabicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 307. 1753.

"Habitat juxta Alexandriam Aegypti." RCN: 2423.

Lectotype (Stearn in Ann. Mus. Goulandris 6: 153. 1983): Herb. A. van Royen No. 913.63-565 (L) .

Current name: Ornithogalum arabicum L. ( Liliaceae / Hyacinthaceae).