Orontium aquaticum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 324. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginiae, Canadae paludibus, scaturiginibus." RCN: 2527.

Lectotype (Reveal in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 72. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 448.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Orontium Linnaeus.

Current name: Orontium aquaticum L. ( Araceae).