Vaccinium ligustrinum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 351. 1753.

"Habitat in Pensylvania." RCN: 2707.

Lectotype (Judd in J. Arnold Arbor. 62: 189. 1981): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 497.11 (LINN) .

Current name: Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. ( Ericaceae).