Arenaria mucronata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 424. 1753.

"Habitat in Helvetia." RCN: 2168.

Basionym of: Alsine mucronata (L.) L. (1762) .

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Haller, Enum. Meth. Stirp. Helv. 1: 389, t. 7. 1742.

Current name: Arenaria sp. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: This name has been treated by a number of authors (e.g. McNeill in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 24: 398. 1963; Breistroffer in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 1963, 89 sess. extr.: 117. 1966) as a nomen ambiguum and its application appears uncertain.