Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch, 1888

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 806-877 : 842

Serapias helleborine Linnaeus var. longifolia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 950. 1753.

RCN: 6864.

Replaced synonym of: Serapias grandiflora L. (1767) , nom. illeg.

Neotype (Renz in Nasir & Ali, Fl. Pakistan 164: 12. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 1057.4 ( LINN) .

Current name: Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch ( Orchidaceae ).

Note: In the absence of any original material for the name, Renz’s designation of 1057.4 (LINN) as “type” can be accepted as a neotypification under Art. 9.8. It pre-dates a different choice as neotype (an Oeder illustration) made by Baumann & al. (in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr. Heim. Orchid. Baden-Württemberg 21: 443, Abb. 4. 1989).