Lychnis flos-cuculi Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 436. 1753.

"Habitat in partis [sic] Europae humidiusculis." RCN: 3389.

Lectotype (Sell in Jonsell & Jarvis in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 158. 1994): Herb. Clifford: 174, Lychnis 2 (BM-000628551) .

Current name: Lychnis flos - cuculi (L.) Clairv. ( Caryophyllaceae).