Vinca lutea Linnaeus, Centuria II Plantarum: 12. 1756.

"Habitat in Carolina." RCN: 1713.

Lectotype (Dandy, Sloane Herbarium: 112. 1958): [icon] " Apocynum scandens, Salicis folio, flore amplo pleno " in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2: 53, t. 53. 1736.

Current name: Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin ( Apocynaceae).