Orchis hyperborea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 591; Mantissa Plantarum: 121. 1767.

"Habitat in Islandia. König.” RCN: 6829.

Lectotype (Ames, Orchidaceae 4: 81. 1910): Herb. Linn. No. 1054.42 (LINN) .

Current name: Orchis hyperborea L. ( Orchidaceae).

Note: Baumann & al. (in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr. Heim. Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 21: 542. 1989) discuss the typification, figuring the type as Abb. 44. Sheviak (in Lindleyana 14: 200. 1999) reassessed the identity of the type, as well as providing a floral dissection (f. 5) of it.