Aretia alpina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 141. 1753.

"Habitat in Vallesiae monte Loch dicto." RCN: 1142.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XVI(1): 77 (UPS); [icon] in Haller, Enum. Meth. Stirp. Helv. 2: 486, t. 8. 1742.

Generitype of Aretia Linnaeus.

Current name: Androsace alpina (L.) Lam. ( Primulaceae).

Note: De Beer (in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 328. 1955) demonstrated that Linnaeus clearly obtained his geographical information about this species from Burser’s specimen (XVI(1): 77) even though it was not otherwise cited in the protologue.