Vallisneria spiralis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1015. 1753.

"Habitat in Pisae & Florentiae fossis." RCN: 7355.

Lectotype (Simpson in Kew Bull. 44: 456, f. 1. 1989): [icon] " Vallisneria palustris, Algae folio, Italica, foliis in summitate denticulatis, flore purpurascente " in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 12, t. 10. 1729.

Generitype of Vallisneria Linnaeus.

Current name: Vallisneria spiralis L. ( Hydrocharitaceae).