Ligusticum scothicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 250. 1753.

"Habitat ad litora Maris in Anglia, Suecia." RCN: 2010.

Lectotype (Reduron & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 61. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 97, Ligusticum 3 (BM-000558302) .

Generitype of Ligusticum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 140. 1929).

Current name: Ligusticum scothicum L. ( Apiaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “scothieum” in the protologue.