Selinum sylvestre Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 244. 1753.

"Habitat in Harcynia, Gallia." RCN: 1958.

Lectotype (Reduron & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 87. 1993): Herb. Burser VII(2): 67 (UPS) .

Generitype of Selinum Linnaeus (1753), nom. rej.

Current name: Peucedanum palustre (L.) Moench ( Apiaceae).

Note: Selinum Linnaeus (1753), nom. rej. in favour of Selinum Linnaeus (1762), nom. cons. See detailed discussion of the typification of this binomial by Reduron & al. (in J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France 1: 95-96. 1997).