Gentiana verticillata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 952. 1759.

["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 333 (1762). RCN: 1879.

Lectotype (Raynal in Adansonia, n.s., 9: 78, pl. 1. 1969): [icon] " Centaurium minus ad alas floridum " in Plumier, Codex Boerhaavianus (University Library, Groningen).

Current name: Enicostema verticillatum (L.) Engl. ex Gilg ( Gentianaceae).