Scabiosa columbaria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 99. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae montosis, siccioribus." RCN: 809.

Lectotype (Napper in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Dipsacaceae: 7. 1968): Herb. Linn. No. 120.17 (LINN) .

Generitype of Scabiosa Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 123. 1929).

Current name: Scabiosa columbaria L. ( Dipsacaceae).

Note: Scabiosa columbaria, with the type designated by Napper, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 569. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).