Verbena officinalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 20. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae mediterraneae ruderatis." RCN: 164.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 98. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 11, Verbena 6, sheet 6 (BM-000557564) .

Generitype of Verbena Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 116. 1929).

Current name: Verbena officinalis L. ( Verbenaceae).

Note: Jafri (in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 77: 4. 1977), followed by a number of later authors, indicated 35.15 (LINN) as type. However, this sheet lacks the Species Plantarum number (i.e. “13”) and is a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and not original material for the name. Verdcourt’s choice of a Clifford sheet as lectotype is followed here.