Cunila thymoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 31. 1762.

"Habitat Monspelii. D. Sauvages." RCN: 171.

Replaced synonym: Thymus pulegioides L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Ronniger in Heilpfl.-Schriftenr. 18: 37. 1944): Herb. Linn. No. 38.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Thymus pulegioides L. ( Lamiaceae).

Note: This is a legitimate nomen novum since, in 1762, Linnaeus simultaneously transferred to Cunila both Melissa pulegioides L. (1753) (as C. pulegioides (L.) L.) and Thymus pulegioides L. (1753), only one of which could therefore retain its original epithet.