Sophora australis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 287. 1767.

"Habitat in C. B. S." RCN: 2939.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 522.15 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 522.14? (LINN) .

Current name: Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Isely (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25: 220. 1981) notes that Linnaeus changed the stated provenance, from South Africa (in 1767) to Carolina (in 1771), with specimens in LINN associated with each. However, the name does not appear to have been typified.