Verbena indica Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 851. 1759.

["Habitat in Zeylona. Dav. Royen."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 27 (1762). RCN: 153.

Lectotype (Moldenke & Moldenke in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 266. 1983): Herb. Linn. No. 35.1 (LINN) .

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

Note: See extensive discussion by Fernandes & Brenan (in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér . 2, 57: 94. 1985).