Convolvulus serpens Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 923. 1759.

["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 223 (1762). RCN: 1251.

Basionym of: Convolvulus pentaphyllus L. var. serpens (L.) L. (1762) .

Lectotype (Staples in Staples & Jarvis in Taxon 55: 1022. 2006): [icon] " Convolvulus foliis digitatis quinis glabris dentatis, caule piloso " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: t. 91, f. 2. 1756.

Current name: Merremia quinquefiolia (L.) Hallier f. ( Convolvulaceae).