Stellaria holostea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 422. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae nemoribus." RCN: 3277.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 91. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 584.4 (LINN) .

Generitype of Stellaria Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 155. 1929).

Current name: Stellaria holostea L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 159. 1994) added further comments on their 1993 type choice.