Phytolacca decandra Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 631. 1762.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 3419.

Lectotype (Nowicke in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 55: 318. 1969): Herb. Linn. No. 607.3 (LINN) .

Current name: Phytolacca americana L. ( Phytolaccaceae).