Convolvulus arvensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 153. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae agris." RCN: 1216.

Lectotype (Meeuse in Bothalia 6: 695. 1958): Herb. Linn. No. 218.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Convolvulus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 130. 1929).

Current name: Convolvulus arvensis L. ( Convolvulaceae).

Note: Convolvulus arvensis, with the type designated by Meeuse, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 559. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).