Sida alba Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 960. 1763.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 5009.

Lectotype (Abedin in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 125: 130. 1979): Herb. Linn. No. 866.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Sida spinosa L. ( Malvaceae).

Note: See discussion by Sivarajan & Pradeep (in Sida 16: 65. 1995) on the synonymy of this name.