Echinophora spinosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 239. 1753.

"Habitat ad litora maris praesertim mediterranei." RCN: 1925.

Lectotype (Reduron & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 44. 1993): Herb. Burser XVI(2): 14 (UPS) .

Generitype of Echinophora Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 138. 1929).

Current name: Echinophora spinosa L. ( Apiaceae).