Plantago cynops Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 116. 1753, nom. utique rej. prop.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 943.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 144.30 (LINN) .

Current name: Plantago afra L. ( Plantaginaceae).

Note: Widely treated as a nomen ambiguum, and informally rejected by authors such as Greuter (in Boissiera 13: 122. 1967), Verdcourt (in Kew Bull. 23: 509. 1969) and Rahn (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 183. 1996), Applequist (in Taxon 55: 235. 2006) formally proposed the rejection of this name.