Tragia urens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1391. 1763.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 7105.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 107, f. 5. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 320. 1696.

Current name: Tragia urens L. ( Euphorbiaceae).