Gaultheria procumbens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 395. 1753.

"Habitat in Canadae sterilibus arenosis." RCN: 3106.

Lectotype (Middleton in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106: 233. 1991): [icon] " Gaultheria " in Linnaeus, Nov. Pl. Genera: 20, t. 1, f. 6. 1751.

Generitype of Gaultheria Linnaeus.

Current name: Gaultheria procumbens L. ( Ericaceae).