Pyrola rotundifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 396. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae septentrionaliore, Virginia, Brasilia." RCN: 3113.

Lectotype ( Krísa in Bot. Not. 117: 403. 1964): Herb. Linn. No. 568.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Pyrola Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 154. 1929).

Current name: Pyrola rotundifolia L. ( Ericaceae / Pyrolaceae).

Note: See also Dorr & Barrie (in Brittonia 45: 178. 1993).