Pharnaceum depressum Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 562. 1771.

"Habitat in India orientali." RCN: 2162.

Lectotype (Turrill in Turrill & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Caryophyllaceae: 5. 1956): Herb. Linn. No. 387.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Polycarpon prostratum (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. ( Caryophyllaceae).