Gomphrena globosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 224. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 1837.

Lectotype (Townsend in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 46. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 319.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Gomphrena Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 137. 1929).

Current name: Gomphrena globosa L. ( Amaranthaceae).