Convolvulus cairicus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 922. 1759.

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

Lectotype (Bosser & Heine in Bosser & al., Fl. Mascareignes 127: 32. 2000): [icon] " Convolvulus Aegyptius " in Vesling in Alpino, De Plantis Aegypti: 73, 74. 1640.

Current name: Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet ( Convolvulaceae).