Scleranthus annuus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 406. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae arvis, arenosis." RCN: 3181.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 86. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 578.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Scleranthus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 154. 1929).

Current name: Scleranthus annuus L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 158. 1994) give a more detailed account of the reasons for their 1993 type choice.