Commelina axillaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 42. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 2288.

Basionym of: Tradescantia axillaris (L.) L. (1771) .

Lectotype (Faden in Dassanayake & Clayton, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 14: 119. 2000): [icon] " Ephemerum Phalangoides Maderaspatanum minimum, secundum caulem quasi ex utriculis floridium " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 174, f. 3. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 135. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 96: 16 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Cyanotis axillaris (L.) Sweet ( Commelinaceae).