Cerastium latifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 439. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Helvetiae." RCN: 3408.

Lectotype (Bechi in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 1051. 2004): Herb. Burser XI: 114 (UPS) .

Current name: Cerastium latifolium L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Möschl (in Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark 103: 156. 1973) indicated material in LINN as the type but did not distinguish between sheets 603.24 and 603.25. As these sheets bear material of different gatherings, Art. 9.15 does not apply.