Tragia chamaelea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 981. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 7106.

Lectotype (Esser in Blumea 44: 176. 1999): Herb. Hermann 4: 43, No. 335 (BM-000628196) .

Current name: Microstachys chamaelea (L.) Müll . Arg. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: Airy Shaw (in Kew Bull. 35: 686. 1980) indicated material in LINN (presumably sheet 1103.5) as type, but this reached Linnaeus long after 1753 and is not original material for the name.