Cephalanthus orientalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 95. 1753.

"Habitat in India & Africa." RCN: 1350.

Basionym of: Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. (1762) .

Lectotype (Merrill in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 533. 1915): Herb. Hermann 5: 338, No. 53 [icon] (BM) .

Current name: Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. ( Rubiaceae).

Note: Bakhuizen van den Brink (in Taxon 19: 473. 1970) rejected Merrill’s typification in favour of 226.1 (LINN). However, the General Committee (l.c. 22: 155. 1973) ruled that Merrill’s typification was reasonable and not to be set aside. See also Hansen & Fox Maule (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 202, pl. 5. 1973) on the material in LINN and its provenance.