Anemone sulphurea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 375; Mantissa Plantarum: 78. 1767.

"Habitat in Helvetia." RCN: 4001.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Mattioli, Pl. Epit.: 393. 1586; [icon] in Haller, Enum. Meth. Stirp. Helv. 1: 332, t. 6. 1742.

Current name: Pulsatilla vernalis (L.) Mill. subsp. vernalis var. alpestris Aichele & Schwegler ( Ranunculaceae).

Note: Aichele & Schwegler (in Feddes Repert. 60: 50. 1957) provided some nomenclatural notes but did not typify the name.