Cyclamen europaeum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 145. 1753, nom. rej.

"Habitat in Austriae, Tatariae, Europae australis nemorosis." RCN: 1160.

Lectotype (Cafferty & Grey-Wilson in Taxon 47: 479. 1998): Herb. Burser XVII: 89 (UPS) .

Generitype of Cyclamen Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 129. 1929).

Current name: Cyclamen purpurascens Mill. ( Primulaceae).