Achyranthes dichotoma Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 186; Mantissa Plantarum: 51. 1767.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 1659.

Lectotype (Chaudhri, Rev. Paronychiinae: 139. 1968): Herb. Linn. No. 287.11 (LINN; iso- BM) .

Current name: Paronychia virginica Spreng. ( Caryophyllaceae).