Eriophorum vaginatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 52. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae frigidis sterilibus." RCN: 439.

Lectotype (Simpson in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 45-46. 1993): Herb. Burser I: 43 (UPS) .

Generitype of Eriophorum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 119. 1929).

Current name: Eriophorum vaginatum L. ( Cyperaceae).

Note: Hartvig (in Strid, Mountain Fl. Greece 2: 836. 1991) noted the existence of 72.1 (LINN), which Novoselova (in Bot. Zhurn. 79(12): 71. 1994) treated as “type” . However, the latter post-dates Simpson’s typification.