Geranium pratense Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 681. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae borealis pratis." RCN: 4982.

Lectotype (Novoselova in Bot. Zhurn. 81(10): 85. 1996): Herb. Linn. No. 858.66 (LINN) .

Current name: Geranium pratense L. ( Geraniaceae).

Note: The same choice of type was made independently by Jonsell & Jarvis (in Aedo, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 59: 20. 2001).