Rosa alpina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 703. 1762.

"Habitat in alpibus Helvetiae." RCN: 4743.

Lectotype (Nepi in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 543. 2002): Scopoli 78, Herb. Linn. No. 652.28 (LINN) .

Current name: Rosa pendulina L. ( Rosaceae).