Combretum occidentale Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 999. 1759, nom. illeg.

RCN: 2671.

Replaced synonym: Gaura fruticosa Loefl. (1758) .

Type not designated.

Current name: Combretum fruticosum (Loefl.) Stuntz ( Combretaceae).

Note: A superfluous name for Gaura fruticosa Loefl. (1758) .