Cacalia sonchifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 835. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona, China." RCN: 6037.

Lectotype (Grierson in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 1: 252. 1980): Herb. Hermann 2: 25; 4: 36; 4: 66, no. 305 (BM).

Current name: Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. ex Wight ( Asteraceae).

Note: Although Grierson’s choice includes a number of collections, in different volumes of Hermann’s herbarium, they appear to form a single gathering (Art. 9.15) so Grierson’s type choice is accepted here. This choice pre-dates that of Nicolson (in Syst. Bot. 5: 398. 1981) who treated 976.10 (LINN) as the type.