Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 214. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 1773.

Lectotype (Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 41: 105. 1954): Herb. Linn. No. 310.14 (LINN) .

Generitype of Asclepias Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 136. 1929).

Current name: Asclepias syriaca L. ( Asclepiadaceae).