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

"Habitat in Bonaria." RCN: 1838.

Lectotype (Mears in Taxon 29: 86. 1980): [icon] "Amaranthoides floribus, stramineis radiatis, perenne " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 24, t. 20, f. 22. 1732.

Current name: Gomphrena perennis L. ( Amaranthaceae).