Capparis sepiaria Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1071. 1759.

["Habitat in India."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 720 (1762). RCN: 3819.

Lectotype (Jacobs in Blumea 12: 489. 1965): Herb. Linn. No. 664.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Capparis sepiaria L. ( Capparaceae).

Note: Elffers & al. (in Hubbard & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Capparidacear. 63. 1964) indicated a König collection (664.5 LINN) as the holotype but this material did not reach Linnaeus until after 1759 and so it is not original material for the name.