Circaea lutetiana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 9. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae & Americae borealis nemoribus." RCN: 64.

Lectotype (Boufford in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 69: 879. 1983): Herb. Linn. No. 25.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Circaea Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 116. 1929).

Current name: Circaea lutetiana L. var. lutetiana ( Onagraceae).