Dianthus caryophyllus Linnaeus var. coronarius Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 410. 1753.

RCN: 3209.

Lectotype (Ghafoor in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 59: 104. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 581.8 (LINN) .

Current name: Dianthus caryophyllus L. ( Caryophyllaceae).

Note: For a discussion of the relationship between this variety and the autonym, see Langen & al. (in Taxon 33: 717. 1984).