Laurus nobilis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 369. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Graecia." RCN: 2915.

Lectotype (van der Werff in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 60. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 155, Laurus 7, sheet 7 (BM-000558704) .

Generitype of Laurus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 151. 1929).

Current name: Laurus nobilis L. ( Lauraceae).

Note: Jafri (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 12: 2. 1977) indicated 510.10 (LINN) as type, but this is a post-1753 addition to the herbarium and not original material for the name.