Buphthalmum salicifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 904. 1753.

"Habitat ad radices Alpium Austriae, Stiriae, Lusatiae, Monspelii." RCN: 6533.

Lectotype (Anderberg in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 356. 1998): Herb. Clifford: 414, Buphthalmum 6 (BM-000647177).

Generitype of Buphthalmum Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 183. 1929).

Current name: Buphthalmum salicifolium L. (Asteraceae).

Note: This is the generitype of Buphthalmum but, through an error, B. aquaticum was incorrectly listed as the generitype by Jarvis & al. (Regnum Veg. 127: 27. 1993), instead of B. salicifolium L., as noted by Greuter (in Fl. Medit. 7: 43. 1997).