Mollugo pentaphylla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 89. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 748.

Lectotype (Tardieu-Blot in Aubréville, Fl. Cambodge Laos Vietnam 5: 94. 1967): Osbeck s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 112.8 (LINN) .

Current name: Mollugo pentaphylla L. ( Molluginaceae).

Note: See Hansen & Fox Maule (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 199. 1973) for comments on the Osbeck material.