Illecebrum verticillatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 206. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pascuis udis." RCN: 1674.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 56. 1993): Herb. Burser XII: 53 (UPS) .

Generitype of Illecebrum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 135. 1929).

Current name: Illecebrum verticillatum L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 157. 1994) gave further details of their formal (1993) type choice.