Phyteuma orbiculare Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 170. 1753.

"Habitat in alpibus Italiae, Helvetiae, Veronae, Sussexiae." RCN: 1345.

Lectotype (designated here by Pistarino & Jarvis): Herb. Linn. No. 82.15 (S) .

Current name: Phyteuma orbiculare L. ( Campanulaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “orbicularis” in the protologue.