Oenothera biennis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 346. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, unde 1641, nunc vulgaris Europae." RCN: 2652.

Lectotype (Gates in Amer. Naturalist 45: 587. 1911): Herb. Linn. No. 484.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Oenothera Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 148. 1929).

Current name: Oenothera biennis L. ( Onagraceae).