Cistus apenninus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 529. 1753.

"Habitat in Apenninis, Italiae montibus." RCN: 3925.

Lectotype ( López González in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 50: 47. 1992): Herb. Linn. No. 689.65 (LINN) .

Current name: Helianthemum apenninum (L.) Mill. ( Cistaceae).

Note: See also comments by Raynal (in J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France 5: 141. 1998) who reproduces a later edition of the protologue and also accepts the sheet in LINN as the type.