Campanula americana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 164. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 1303.

Lectotype (Brummitt in Taxon 42: 879. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 221.13 (LINN) .

Current name: Campanula americana L. ( Campanulaceae).

Note: Reveal & al. (in Taxon 39: 696. 1990) proposed the conservation of this name with a conserved type but the Committee for Spermatophyta ruled that the collection in question is original material, and is to be accepted as the lectotype.