Plumbago zeylanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 151. 1753.

"Habitat in India utraque." RCN: 1201.

Lectotype (Dyer in Dyer & al., Fl. Southern Africa 26: 17. 1963): Herb. Linn. No. 216.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Plumbago zeylanica L. ( Plumbaginaceae).