Gomphrena ficoidea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 225. 1753, nom. & typ. cons.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 1683.

Basionym of: Illecebrum ficoideum (L.) L. (1762) .

Conserved type (Veldkamp in Taxon 38: 299. 1989): Herb. Linn. No. 290.23 (LINN) .

Current name: Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. ( Amaranthaceae).