Eupatorium sophiifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1175. 1763.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 6072.

Lectotype (Robinson in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 361. 1998): [icon] " Eupatorium foliis pinnato-multifidis " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 121, t. 128, f. 2. 1757.

Current name: Eupatorina sophiifolia (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “sophiaefolium” in the protologue.