Cleome triphylla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 938. 1763.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 4895.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 564, 565. 1687.

Current name: Cleome gynandra L. ( Capparaceae).

Note: In the absence of material in LINN, Iltis (in Brittonia 12: 288. 1960) interpreted the name via the cited Hermann plate ("in lieu of the type").