Hedysarum volubile Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 750. 1753.

"Habitat in America septentrionali." RCN: 5529.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 173, t. 143, f. 170. 1732 - Voucher: Herb. Sherard (OXF) .

Current name: Galactia volubilis (L.) Britton ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Torrey & Gray (Fl. N. Amer. 1: 365, 1840) stated that the name was "founded upon" Dillenius, Hort. Eltham.: t. 143, f. 170 (1732) but this is not accepted as equivalent to the use of “type” .