Validité : Nom. inval. (ICN article 36.1.)
Protologue: ‘Remarks on a Pyrola found in Lancashire, by Mr. Kenyon.
Specimens of this plant, which is considered by its discoverer as a new
species, and which he proposes to call P. maritima. in allusion to the
localities in which it is generally found, were shown to the meeting. It
is nearly allied to P. rotundifolia from which it may be distinguished
by its size, the form and length of its sepals, and length of the
stamens. Some excellent botanists who have examined it, are of opinion
that it is only a variety of that species.’ [Evans, who provided the
remarks, did not adequately distinguish “P. maritima” from P.
rotundifolia L.; measurements lacking; he did not accept “P. maritima”
as a new species] (IPNI)