Galium rubrum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 107. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia." RCN: 876.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XIX: 30 (UPS); Herb. Clifford: 34, Galium 2 (BM) ; [icon] in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 2: 175. 1601.

Current name: Galium rubrum L. ( Rubiaceae).