Thesium alpinum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 207. 1753.

"Habitat in Italiae alpibus." RCN: 1689.

Neotype (Miller in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 93. 1993): Scopoli 41, Herb. Linn. No. 292.5 (LINN) .

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

Current name: Thesium alpinum L. ( Santalaceae).