Gentiana lutea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 227. 1753.

"Habitat in alpibus Norvegicis, Helveticis, Apenninis, Pyrenaeis, Tridentinis." RCN: 1858.

Lectotype (Aitken in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 49. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 80, Gentiana 1 (BM-000558179) .

Generitype of Gentiana Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 138. 1929).

Current name: Gentiana lutea L. ( Gentianaceae).