Echites caudata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 190; Mantissa Plantarum: 52. 1767.

"Habitat in India ." RCN: 1727.

Lectotype (designated here by Beentje): Herb. Linn. No. 302.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Strophanthus caudatus (L.) Kurz ( Apocynaceae).