Cercis siliquastrum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 374. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Hispania, Narbona." RCN: 2945.

Lectotype (Polhill in Jarvis & al. Regnum Veg. 127: 32. 1993): Löfling 275a, Herb. Linn. No. 524.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Cercis Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 152. 1929).

Current name: Cercis siliquastrum L. subsp. siliquastrum ( Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae).

Note: Although Isely (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2): 211. 1975) indicated that he had seen the protologue and a fiche of material at LINN, he did not formally designate a type. Menéndez de Luarca (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 55: 423. 1997) discusses a Clusius work as a source of information for this species.