Croton hastatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1005. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 7285.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 220, f. 2. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 320. 1696 - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 97: 163; 94: 69 (BM-SL).

Current name: Tragia plukenetii Radcl. - Sm. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “hastatum” in the protologue.

See comments by Prain (in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 64. 1918) and Radcliffe-Smith (in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Euphorbiaceae: 296. 1987), neither of whom formally typified the name. The only original material appears to be the cited Plukenet plate.