Gnaphalium uliginosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 856. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae paludibus, ubi aquae stagnant." RCN: 6192.

Lectotype (Hilliard & Burtt in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 249, 254. 1981): Herb. Linn. No. 989.84 (LINN) .

Generitype of Gnaphalium Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 181. 1929).

Current name: Gnaphalium uliginosum L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Gnaphalium uliginosum, with the type designated by Hilliard & Burtt, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 563. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).