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

"Habitat in Europae borealis sylvis." RCN: 4980.

Lectotype (Yeo in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 49. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 858.63 (LINN) .

Generitype of Geranium Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 172. 1929).

Current name: Geranium sylvaticum L. ( Geraniaceae).