Cerinthe orientalis Linnaeus, Centuria I Plantarum: 7. 1755.

"Habitat in Aegypto. b.m. D. Hasselquist." RCN: 1104.

Basionym of: Onosma orientalis (L.) L. (1762) .

Lectotype (Edmondson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 801. 2004): Herb. Hasselquist No. 137 (UPS) .

Current name: Onosma orientalis (L.) L. ( Boraginaceae).