Loeselia ciliata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 628. 1753.

"Habitat in Vera Cruce." RCN: 4547.

Lectotype (West in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 62. 1993): Herb. A. van Royen No. 913.7-269 (L) .

Generitype of Loeselia Linnaeus.

Current name: Loeselia ciliata L. ( Polemoniaceae).

Note: Turner (in Phytologia 77: 321. 1994) wrongly indicated Houstoun material in L, unseen by Linnaeus, as the holotype.