Asparagus terminalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 450. 1762, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 2475.

Replaced synonym: Convallaria fruticosa L. (1754) .

Replaced synonym of: Dracaena terminalis L. (1767) .

Lectotype (Merrill, Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 33, 137. 1917): [icon] "Terminalis alba " in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 4: 79, t. 34, f. 1. 1743.

Current name: Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev. ( Agavaceae / Dracaenaceae).

Note: A superfluous name for Convallaria fruticosa L. (1754), as noted by Brummitt & Marais (in Taxon 30: 825. 1981).