Verbena stoechadifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 19. 1753.

"Habitat in America Galliae aequinoctialis." RCN: 157.

Neotype ( Méndez Santos & Cafferty in Taxon 50: 1140. 2002 [2001]): Herb. A. van Royen No. 913.13-121 (L) .

Current name: Phyla stoechadifolia (L.) Small ( Verbenaceae).