Tussilago japonica Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 550; Mantissa Plantarum: 113. 1767.

"Habitat in Japonia." RCN: 6264.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitam. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Lawrence (in Baileya 5: 98. 1957) stated that Linnaeus knew this from a Japanese collection by Kleynhoff but did not designate a type.