Oxalis stricta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 435. 1753.
"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 3381.
Lectotype (Eiten in Taxon 4: 103. 1955): [icon] "Oxys s. trifolium luteum corniculatum, virginianum rectum majus" in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 2: 184, s. 2, t. 17, f. 3. 1680.
Current name: Oxalis stricta L. ( Oxalidaceae).
Note: Watson (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 101: 358-361. 1989) gives a detailed review, and reproduces the type illustration (as f. 3).