Cotula spilanthes Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum: 116. 1767, nom. illeg.

"Habitat Carthagenae in Arenosis maritimis." RCN: 6011.

Replaced synonym: Spilanthes urens Jacq. (1760) .

Type not designated.

Current name: Spilanthes urens Jacq. ( Asteraceae).

Note: An illegitimate renaming of S. urens Jacq. (1760), as noted by Jansen (in Syst. Bot. 6: 253. 1981).