Gentiana ciliata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 231. 1753.

"Habitat in Helvetiae, Italiae, Canadae montibus." RCN: 1884.

Lectotype (Hartvig in Strid & Kit Tan, Mountain Fl. Greece 2: 7. 1991): Gmelin s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 328.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Gentianella ciliata (L.) Borkh. ( Gentianaceae).

Note: Fernald (in Rhodora 25: 85. 1923) discussed the Canadian element in the protologue, concluding that Kalm must have collected an endemic species, G. victorinii Fernald, in Quebec.