Sanguisorba officinalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 116. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae pratis siccioribus." RCN: 949.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Nordic J. Bot. 22: 76. 2002): Herb. Linn. No. 61.7 (S) .

Generitype of Sanguisorba Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 125. 1929).

Current name: Sanguisorba officinalis L. ( Rosaceae).

Note: Nordborg (in Opera Bot. 11(2): 46. 1966) designated 148.2 (LINN), material associated with S. media by Linnaeus, as lectotype. It is not, however, original material for S. officinalis .