Exacum sessile Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 112. 1753.

"Habitat in Asia & Africa." RCN: 921.

Lectotype (Cramer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 65. 1981): Herb. Hermann 3: 42, No. 25 (BM-000621956) .

Generitype of Exacum Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 125. 1929).

Current name: Exacum sessile L. ( Gentianaceae).