Eschara divaricata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 1: 805. 1758.

"Habitat in O. Asiatico."

Lectotype (Huisman & Townsend in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 113: 100, f. 2. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 1297.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Galaxaura divaricata (L.) Huisman & R.A. Towns. ( Galaxauraceae).