Byssus jolithus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1169. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae frigidae sylvis opacis, supra saxa ante unum alterumve annuum eversa & supinata." RCN: 8406.

Lectotype (Irvine in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): [icon] " Byssus Germanica, minima, saxatilis, aurea, Violae Martiae odorem spirans " in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 210, t. 89, f. 3. 1729.

Generitype of Byssus Linnaeus, nom. rej. (vide Fries, Stirp. Agri Femsio: 42. 1825).

Current name: Trentepohlia jolithus (L.) Wallr. ( Trentepohliaceae).

Note: Byssus Linnaeus, nom. rej. vs. Trentepohlia Mart.

See comments by Ross & Irvine (in Taxon 16: 185. 1967) and Silva (l.c. 29: 144. 1980).