Cardiospermum halicacabum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 366. 1753.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 2900.

Lectotype (Barrie in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 30. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 151, Cardiospermum 1 β (BM-000558680) .

Generitype of Cardiospermum Linnaeus.

Current name: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. ( Sapindaceae).

Note: Croat in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 63: 430. 1977) indicated a Patrick Browne specimen, 513.1 (LINN), as type but as this was not received by Linnaeus until 1758, it cannot be original material for the name.