Serpicula repens Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 620; Mantissa Plantarum: 124. 1767.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 7117.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1106.2 (LINN) .

Generitype of Serpicula Linnaeus.

Current name: Laurembergia repens P.J. Bergius ( Haloragaceae).