Jussiaea repens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 388. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 3058.

Lectotype (Raven in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 58. 1993): [icon] “Nir-carambu” in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 2: 99, t. 51. 1679.

Generitype of Jussiaea Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 153. 1929).

Current name: Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H. Hara ( Onagraceae).

Note: Brenan (in Turrill & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Onagraceae: 14. 1953) indicated 552.1 (LINN) as lectotype but this was a post-1753 addition to the herbarium and not original material for the name.