Baccharis brasiliana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1203. 1763.

"Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 6215.

Lectotype (Keeley in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 355. 1998): [icon] " Tremate Brasiliensibus " in Marggraf, Hist. Rer. Nat. Bras.: 81. 1648.

Current name: Vernonia brasiliana (L.) Druce ( Asteraceae).