Achyranthes sanguinolenta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 294. 1762.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 1671.

Basionym of: Illecebrum sanguinolentum (L.) L. (1771) .

Lectotype (Townsend in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 30. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 290.3 (LINN) .

Current name: Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume ( Amaranthaceae).