Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 145. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae paludibus." RCN: 1164.

Lectotype (Qaiser in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 111: 3. 1977): Herb. Linn. No. 203.4 (LINN) .

Generitype of Menyanthes Linnaeus (vide Steudel, Nom., ed. 2, 2: 128. 1841).

Current name: Menyanthes trifoliata L. ( Menyanthaceae).