Gypsophila repens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 407. 1753.

"Habitat in Sibiriae, Austriae, Helvetiae montibus." RCN: 3184.

Lectotype ( López González in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 51. 1993): Herb. Burser XI: 126 (UPS) .

Generitype of Gypsophila Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 154. 1929).

Current name: Gypsophila repens L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Barkoudah (in Wentia 9: 64. 1962) discussed the identity of material in the Clifford and Linnaean herbaria but did not designate a type.