Targionia hypophylla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1136. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Hispania, Constantinopoli." RCN: 8139.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1268.1 (LINN); [icon] in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 3, t. 3. 1729; [icon] in Colonna, Ekphr.: 331, 333. 1606; [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 532, t. 78, f. 9. 1741; [icon] in Buxbaum, Pl. Minus Cognit. Cent. 1: 41, t. 61, f. 4. 1728.

Generitype of Targionia Linnaeus.

Current name: Targionia hypophylla L. ( Targioniaceae).

Note: See discussion by Isoviita (in Acta Bot. Fenn. 89: 8. 1970) and Grolle (in Feddes Repert. 87: 238. 1976).