Lychnis alpina Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 436. 1753.

"Habitat in Alpibus Lapponicis, Helveticis, Sibiricis, Pyrenaicis." RCN: 3391.

Lectotype (Ikonnikov in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 24: 81. 1987): Herb. Linn. No. 602.3 (LINN) .

Current name: Silene suecica (Lodd.) Greuter & Burdet ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 157. 1994) designated a Lapland specimen in Paris No. 158, LAPP) as lectotype, but their choice is pre-dated by that of Ikonnikov.