[1] It was published by Carl Albert Weber in April 1907.

was published by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in October 1972,[5] followed by Pseudoeuryale europaea (C.A.

published by Dieter Hans Mai based on previous work by Pavel Ivanovich Dorofeev in September 1973,[6] and lastly Pseudoeuryale europaea (C.A.

[9] The neotype was designated by Alexander Borissovitch Doweld in 2022 and it is held in the collection of the Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.

[2][10] The specific epithet europaea means European.