Erinus alpinus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 630. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Helveticis, Pyrenaicis, Monspelii." RCN: 4568.

Lectotype (Sutton in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 45. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 789.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Erinus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 168. 1929).

Current name: Erinus alpinus L. ( Scrophulariaceae).