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.