Gentianella ciliata (L.) Borkh.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part G), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 529-556 : 534

Gentiana ciliata Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 231. 1753.

“Habitat in Helvetiae, Italiae, Canadae montibus.” RCN: 1884.

Lectotype (Hartvig in Strid & Kit Tan, Mountain Fl. Greece 2: 7. 1991): Gmelin s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 328.7 (LINN).

Current name: Gentianella ciliata (L.) Borkh. ( Gentianaceae ).

Note: Fernald (in Rhodora 25: 85. 1923) discussed the Canadian element in the protologue, concluding that Kalm must have collected an endemic species, G. victorinii Fernald , in Quebec.