Aconitum uncinatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 750. 1762.
"Habitat in Philadelphia." RCN: 3959.
Lectotype (Hardin in Brittonia 16: 90. 1964): Bartram, Herb. Linn. No. 695.9 (LINN; iso- BM) .
Current name: Aconitum uncinatum L. var. uncinatum ( Ranunculaceae).