Andromeda arborea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 394. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Carolina." RCN: 3103.

Lectotype (Vander Kloet in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 752. 2003 [2002]): Clayton 613 (BM-000553923).

Current name: Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. ( Ericaceae).