Ortegia hispanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 560. 1753.

"Habitat in Castilia Minuart. Baetica Velez, Salamantica." RCN: 279.

Lectotype ( López González in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 72. 1993): Löfling s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 53.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Ortegia Linnaeus.

Current name: Ortegia hispanica L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: See López González (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 56: 369-370. 1998), who argues that the correct generic form is, as used by Linnaeus in 1753, “Ortega” .