Gomphrena brasiliana Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 13. 1756.

"Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 1840.

Lectotype (Mears in Taxon 29: 91. 1980): [icon] " Amarantho affinis Brasiliana, domeratis parvisaue flosculis " in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 111, t. 52. 1678.

Current name: Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze ( Amaranthaceae).