Minuartia dichotoma Loefling ex Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 89. 1753.

"Habitat in Hispania." RCN: 749.

Lectotype ( López González in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 1052. 2004): Herb. Linn. No. 113.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Minuartia Linnaeus.

Current name: Minuartia dichotoma Loefl. ex L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: López González (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 60: 429-434 (2003 [2002]) provides an extremely detailed account of Löfling’s materials and descriptions involved in the treatment of Minuartia and Queria by Linnaeus.