Oenothera mollissima Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 346. 1753.

"Habitat in agro Bonariensi." RCN: 2657.

Lectotype (Dietrich in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 532. 1978 [1977]): Herb. Clifford: 144, Oenothera 2 (BM-000558613) .

Current name: Oenothera mollissima L. ( Onagraceae).

Note: See discussion by Munz (in Amer. J. Bot. 22: 659. 1935).