Anemone coronaria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 539. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Oriente, Constantinopoli allata." RCN: 4007.

Conserved type (Qaiser in Ali & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 108: 7. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 710.9 (LINN) .

Generitype of Anemone Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Anemone coronaria L. ( Ranunculaceae).

Note: Anemone coronaria, with the type designated by Qaiser, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 557. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).