Verbena orubica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 18. 1753.

"Habitat in Oruba insula americes septentrionalis." RCN: 152.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 10, Verbena 1 (BM) ; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 228, f. 4. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 383. 1696; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 327, f. 7. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 383. 1696; [icon] in Ehret, Pl. Papil. Rar.: t. 5, f. 1. 1748.

Current name: Stachytarpheta orubica (L.) Vahl ( Verbenaceae).

Note: Although Wijnands (Bot. Commelins: 201. 1983) provided an extensive discussion, he did not typify the name.