Browallia americana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 631. 1753.

"Habitat in America australi." RCN: 4578.

Replaced synonym of: Browallia demissa L. (1759), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Stearn, Introd. Linnaeus’ Sp. Pl. (Ray Soc. ed.): 47. 1957): [icon] “Browallia” in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff.: 319, t. 17. 1738. - Voucher: Herb. Clifford: 319, Browallia 1 (BM) .

Generitype of Browallia Linnaeus.

Current name: Browallia americana L. ( Solanaceae).

Note: Although D’Arcy (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60: 578. 1974) indicated a Clifford sheet (BM), and Deb (in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 1: 34. 1980) treated 791.2 (LINN) as the type, both choices are predated by that of Stearn.