Vaccinium myrtillus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 349. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae borealis sylvis umbrosis." RCN: 2700.

Lectotype (Vander Kloet, Genus Vaccinium N. America: 130. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 497.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Vaccinium myrtillus L. ( Ericaceae).

Note: See also Vander Kloet (in Taxon 38: 133. 1989).