Oxalis acetosella Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 433. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae borealis sylvis." RCN: 3369.

Lectotype (Nasir in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W Pakistan 4: 2. 1971): Herb. Linn. No. 600.7 (LINN) .

Generitype of Oxalis Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 156. 1929).

Current name: Oxalis acetosella L. ( Oxalidaceae).