Coreopsis alba Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 908. 1753.
"Habitat in Insula St. crucis." RCN: 6561.
Type not designated.
Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 160, f. 3. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 101. 1696 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 95: 166; 99: 196 (BM-SL); [icon] in Hermann, Parad. Bat.: 124. 1698.
Current name: Bidens alba (L.) DC. ( Asteraceae).