Trillium erectum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 340. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 2618.

Lectotype (Reveal in Phytologia 72: 2. 1992): [icon] "Solanum triphyllum Canadense" in Cornut, Canad. Pl. Hist.: 166, 167. 1635 (see p. 123).

Current name: Trillium erectum L. ( Liliaceae / Trilliaceae).