Phyteuma spicatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 171. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpestribus Helvetiae, Baldi, Angliae, Galliae." RCN: 1346.

Lectotype (Ayers in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 76. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 223.8 (LINN) .

Generitype of Phyteuma Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 131. 1929).

Current name: Phyteuma spicatum L. ( Campanulaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “spicata” in the protologue.