Corallina penicillus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 1: 807. 1758.

"Habitat in Asia."

Lectotype (Leliaert in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): Herb. Linn. No. 1293.21 (LINN) .

Current name: Penicillus capitatus (L.) Lamarck ( Udoteaceae).