Sanicula europaea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 235. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae sylvis montosis." RCN: 1905.

Lectotype (Reduron & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 84. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 333.1 (LINN), see also p. 74.

Generitype of Sanicula Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 138. 1929).

Current name: Sanicula europaea L. ( Apiaceae).