Jungermannia asplenioides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1131. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae Indiae udis umbrosis." RCN: 8110.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1267.1 (LINN); [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 482, t. 69, f. 5. 1741; [icon] in Vaillant, Bot. Paris.: 99, t. 19, f. 7. 1729; [icon] in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 3: 627, s. 15, t. 6, f. 42. 1699; [icon] in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 7, t. 5, f. 1, 2. 1729; [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 483, t. 69, f. 6. 1741; [icon] in Loesel, Fl. Prussica: 167, t. 45. 1703; [icon] in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 8, t. 5, f. 3. 1729.

Current name: Plagiochila asplenioides (L.) Dumort. ( Plagiochilaceae).

Note: Grolle (in Trans. Brit. Bryol. Soc. 5: 279. 1967) provided an extensive discussion of the original material for this name, but designated Dillenian material (OXF) as lectotype (which was not studied by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name).