Euphorbia linifolia Linnaeus, Amoenitates Academicae 4: 483. 1759.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Euphorbia segetalis L. var. pinea (L.) Lange ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: See Stearn (in Geck & Pressler, Festschr. Claus Nissen: 643. 1974), who stated that the plant described by Magnol (whose description validates Linnaeus’ binomial) "is evidently E. segetalis L. ".