Eryngium alpinum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 233. 1753.

"Habitat in alpibus Helvetiae, Italiae." RCN: 1899.

Lectotype (Reduron in Wörz in Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A, 596: 1. 1999): [icon] "Alpinum caeruleum Genevense" in Plantin, Pl. Stirp. Icon. 2: 23. 1581.

Current name: Eryngium alpinum L. ( Apiaceae).

Note: Although there was an indication that the type designation was to be made elsewhere, the wording of Reduron’s statement nevertheless means that his type choice dates from this work.