Arbutus alpina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 395. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Lapponiae, Helvetiae, Sibiriae." RCN: 3110.

Lectotype (Wallace in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 752. 2003 [2002]): Herb. Linn. No. 161 (LAPP) .

Current name: Arctous alpina (L.) Nied. ( Ericaceae).