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

"Habitat in Tataria." RCN: 3388.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 63. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 174, Lychnis 1 α (BM-000628549) .

Generitype of Lychnis Linnaeus, nom. rej. (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 156. 1929).

Current name: Silene chalcedonica (L.) E.H.L. Krause ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Lychnis Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Silene Linnaeus, nom. cons. Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 158. 1994) gave an explanation for their earlier (1993) formal type choice.