In the protologue of this species, Murbeck (1925) cited more than 30 gatherings, and he indicated the herbaria (B, WU, JE) that housed the specimens he examined. In the absence of any indication of a single specimen as the type, all the specimens cited in the protologue can be considered as syntypes according to Art. 9.6 of the ICN (Turland et al. 2018). Following the indications of Murbeck (1925), we only traced five sheets (JE00013700, JE00013701, JE00013702, JE00013703, JE00013725) at Herb. JE. These specimens completely agree with the protologue and can be safely considered as original material. However, as the other sheets stored at Herb. B mentioned by Murbeck were not found, we can assume that they were all destroyed by the fire following bombing by the Allied forces during World War II (see Hiepko, 1987). A detailed examination of the specimen and photos of JE00013725, presumably examined by Murbeck, matched with all the criteria and the description provided in the protologue, so we select it here as the lectotype of the name Verbascumbattandieri.