Nigella orientalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 534. 1753.

"Habitat circum Alepum." RCN: 3971.

Lectotype (Zohary in Pl. Syst. Evol. 142: 99. 1983): Herb. Linn. No. 700.8 (LINN) .

Current name: Nigella orientalis L. ( Ranunculaceae).