Place of publication:
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 19:120. 1843
Comment:
according to W. Greuter (pers. comm. via e-mail on 29 Apr 2011), this name was likely intentionally based on the Greek "elaeagros" meaning wild olive tree, not "elaeagnos", and thus the original spelling is not a correctible orthographic error