Euphorbia esula Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 461. 1753.

"Habitat in Germania, Belgio, Gallia." RCN: 3548.

Lectotype (Molero & Rovira in Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 21: 158. 1992): Herb. Linn. No. 630.62 (LINN) .

Current name: Euphorbia esula L. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: See Geltman (in Bot. Zhurn. 81(9): 73-77. 1996) for a review.