Potentilla recta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 497. 1753.

"Habitat in Italia, Narbona, ad agrorum margines." RCN: 3783.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XVIII(2): 10 (UPS); [icon] in Dodoëns, Stirp. Hist. Pempt., ed. 2: 116. 1616.

Current name: Potentilla recta L. ( Rosaceae).

Note: Although Dikshit & Panigrahi (Fam. Rosaceae India 4: 212. 1998) indicated 655.15 (LINN) as type, this collection lacks a Species Plantarum number (i.e. “10”), is a post-1753 addition to the collection, and is not original material for the name.