Geranium ciconium Linnaeus, Centuria I Plantarum: 21. 1755.

"Habitat in Europa australi, Valesia Italiae, Monspelii." RCN: 4971.

Lectotype (Burtt in Kew Bull. 9: 401. 1954): Herb. Linn. No. 858.53 (LINN) .

Current name: Erodium ciconium (L.) L’Hér . ( Geraniaceae).