Thalictrum aquilegiifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 547. 1753.

"Habitat in Scania, Helvetia." RCN: 4052.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jonsell in Nordic J. Bot. 20: 520. 2001 [2000]): Herb. Clifford: 226, Thalictrum 1, sheet 3 (BM-000628861) .

Current name: Thalictrum aquilegiifolium L. ( Ranunculaceae).

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