Cherleria sedoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 425. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Helvetiae, Valesiae, Gotthardo." RCN: 3307.

Lectotype ( López González in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 33. 1993): [icon] " Cherleria " in Haller, Enum. Meth. Stirp. Helv. 1: 391, 333, t. 6. 1742 (see p. 135).

Generitype of Cherleria Linnaeus.

Current name: Minuartia sedoides (L.) Hiern ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Majumdar & Giri (in Candollea 38: 348. 1983) indicated two sheets in LINN (586.1; 586.2) as “type”, neither of which is original material for the name.