Acalypha australis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1004. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 7265.

Lectotype (Airy Shaw in Kew Bull. 35: 584. 1980): Herb. Linn. No. 1139.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Acalypha australis L. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: See discussion by Forster (in Austrobaileya 4: 211. 1994).