Galium aristatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 152. 1762.

"Habitat in monte Ventoso & m. Virginis Neapolitano. C. G. Minuart." RCN: 872.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 56.5 (S); Herb. Linn. No. 129.16 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 129.17 (LINN); [icon] in Barrelier, Pl. Galliam: 12, t. 583. 1714; [icon] in Boccone, Mus. Piante Rar. Sicilia: 83, t. 75. 1697; [icon] in Barrelier, Pl. Galliam: 12, t. 356. 1714.

Current name: Galium aristatum L. ( Rubiaceae).