Asarum europaeum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 442. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae nemoribus." RCN: 3423.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al, Regnum Veg. 127: 21. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 608.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Asarum Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 157. 1929).

Current name: Asarum europaeum L. ( Aristolochiaceae).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 153. 1994) provide additional information on their formal 1993 type choice.