Eupatorium album Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 536; Mantissa Plantarum: 111. 1767.

"Habitat in Pensylvania. Barthram." RCN: 6057.

Lectotype (Reveal in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 360. 1998): Bartram, Herb. Linn. No. 978.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Eupatorium album L. ( Asteraceae).