Paederia foetida Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 189; Mantissa Plantarum: 52. 1767.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 1703.

Lectotype (Puff in Opera Bot. Belg. 3: 211. 1991): Herb. Linn. No. 294.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Paederia Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Paederia foetida L. ( Rubiaceae).

Note: Paederia Linnaeus, nom. cons. against Daun-contu Adans. and Hondbessen Adans.

Merrill (Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb.: 489. 1917) stated that the type is a specimen (but without specifying what that might be). Deb & Roy (in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 748. 1983) indicated 580.12 LINN (which does not exist) as “type” . Puff’s therefore appears to be the first explicit type choice.