Trollius europaeus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 556. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus & subalpinis Sueciae, Germaniae, Angliae." RCN: 4101.

Lectotype (Siplivinsky in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 165. 1972): Herb. Linn. No. 716.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Trollius Linnaeus.

Current name: Trollius europaeus L. ( Ranunculaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “europeus” in the protologue.

Jonsell & Jarvis (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 96. 1993), with discussion in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 162 (1994), designated material in LINN as the lectotype, unaware of Siplivinsky’s earlier type choice based on the same material.