Achyranthes lappacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 204. 1753.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 1655.

Lectotype (Townsend in Kew Bull. 34: 135. 1979): Herb. Hermann 1: 2, No. 103, lower specimen (BM-000621231) .

Current name: Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss. ( Amaranthaceae).

Note: Although Townsend (in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 25. 1974) indicated 287.4 (LINN) as holotype, the sheet lacks a Species Plantarum number (i.e. “2”) and was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, and is not original material for the name. The same author subsequently designated Hermann material as type.