Ceratophyllum submersum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1409. 1763.

"Habitat in Europae aquis." RCN: 7197.

Lectotype (Wilmot-Dear in Kew Bull. 40: 264. 1985): [icon] "Hydroceratophyllon folio laevi, octo cornibus donato" in Vaillant in Mém . Acad. Roy. Sci. Paris 1719: 16, t. 2, f. 2. 1719.

Current name: Ceratophyllum submersum L. ( Ceratophyllaceae).