Gratiola rotundifolia Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 174. 1771.

"Habitat in Malabariae arenosis." RCN: 133.

Lectotype (Cramer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 417. 1981): Herb. Linn. No. 30.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Lindernia rotundifolia (L.) Alston ( Scrophulariaceae).