Cotula coronopifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 892. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia, nunc in Frisiae inundatis prope Emdon. Moehringio teste." RCN: 6459.

Lectotype (Dillon in Fieldiana, Bot., n.s., 7: 6. 1981): Herb. Linn. No. 1014.13 (LINN) .

Generitype of Cotula Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 182. 1929).

Current name: Cotula coronopifolia L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Dillon’s choice of type pre-dates that of Humphries (Herb. Clifford: 417, Cotula 2, BM) in Jarvis & al. (Regnum Veg. 127: 38. 1993).