Aquilegia vulgaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 533. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae nemoribus saxosis." RCN: 3964.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 20. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 215, Aquilegia 1, sheet A (BM-000628801) .

Generitype of Aquilegia Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 162. 1929).

Current name: Aquilegia vulgaris L. ( Ranunculaceae).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 160. 1994) discussed the reasons for their earlier (1993) choice of lectotype, which pre-dates Vassiljeva’s type choice (in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 30: 15. 1996) of 699.5 (LINN).