Tropaeolum majus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 345; Species Plantarum 2: Errata. 1753.

"Habitat in Peru, unde in Europam venit 1684 cura Bewerningii." RCN: 2645.

Lectotype (Sparre in Bot. Not. 118: 448. 1965): Herb. Clifford: 143, Tropaeolum 1 (BM-000558602) .

Generitype of Tropaeolum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 149. 1929).

Current name: Tropaeolum majus L. ( Tropaeolaceae).

Note: See additional discussion by Sparre & Andersson (in Opera Bot. 108: 67. 1991).