Indigofera disperma Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 3: 232. 1768.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 5557.

Lectotype (Lievens in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 473. 1997): [icon] " Indigofera scapo infirmo, foliorum pinnis oblongis pallide virentibus glabris, pedunculis spicae longissimis, floribus laxe dispositis, leguminibus compressis brevibus gibbosis subasperis dispermis" in Trew, Pl. Select.: 24, t. 55. 1759, see above, right.

Current name: Indigofera caroliniana Mill. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).