Orchis incarnata Linnaeus, Flora Suecica, ed. 2: 312. 1755.

"Habitat [in Sueciae] in Pratis rarius." RCN: 6821.

Lectotype (Vermeulen, Stud. Dactylorchids: 89. 1947): Herb. Linn. No. 1054.33 (LINN) .

Current name: Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó ( Orchidaceae).

Note: See reviews by Baumann & al. (in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr. Heim. Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 21: 458, Abb. 10. 1989) and Pedersen (in Taxon 49: 541. 2000), both of whom follow Vermeulen’s choice of type.