Banisteria benghalensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 427. 1753.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 3324.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Hermann 2: 49, No. 176 (BM); [icon] in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 8, t. 14. 1755; [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 3, f. 1. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 7. 1696.

Current name: Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurtz ( Malpighiaceae).

Note: Friedman (in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 58: 1. 1987) wrongly indicated 589.3 (LINN), a Browne collection received by Linnaeus in 1758, as the type, and Srivastava (in Candollea 47: 605. 1992) did the same for 589.1 (LINN), a König collection acquired long after 1753. Neither collection is original material for the name.