Clinopodium vulgare Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 587. 1753. "Habitat in rupestribus Europae, Canadae." RCN: 4284. Lectotype (Hedge in Ali & Nasir, Fl. Pakistan 192: 240. 1990): Herb. Linn. No. 742.1 (LINN). Generitype of Clinopodium Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 165. 1929). Current name: Clinopodium vulgare L. (Lamiaceae). Note: Hedge’s type choice is a specimen grown from North American seed and it has been suggested that it may not belong to the typical infraspecific taxon. For this reason, López González (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 35. 1993) designated Herb. Burser XII: 152 (UPS) as lectotype in its place. This publication was conceived as a possible "Names in Current Use" (NCU) List but, with the rejection of the NCU concept, Hedge’s choice clearly has priority, despite the possible difficulties.

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), pp. 370-473 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 428, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971