Gmelina asiatica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 626. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 4533.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 50. 1993): Herb. Hermann 2: 26, No. 230 (BM-000594589) .

Generitype of Gmelina Linnaeus.

Current name: Gmelina asiatica L. ( Verbenaceae).

Note: Moldenke & Moldenke (in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 394. 1988) and Moldenke (in Phytologia 55: 480. 1984) indicated 780.2 (LINN) as type, but this sheet is unannotated by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.