Adansonia bahobab Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 960. 1763, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Senegal, Aegypto." RCN: 5003.

Replaced synonym: Adansonia digitata L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Robyns in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 67. 1980): Herb. Linn. No. 862.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Adansonia digitata L. ( Bombacaceae).

Note: This name is nomenclaturally superfluous as it is based on all the original elements of the earlier A. digitata L. (1759) .