Diapensia lapponica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 141. 1753.

"Habitat in alpibus Lapponicis." RCN: 1140.

Lectotype (Barrie in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 42. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 195.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Diapensia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 128. 1929).

Current name: Diapensia lapponica L. ( Diapensiaceae).