Polygonum barbatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 362. 1753, nom. cons.

"Habitat in China." RCN: 2861.

Conserved type (Wilson in Taxon 47: 461. 1998): China. Canton, Sep. 1885, T. Sampson 541 (BM).

Current name: Persicaria barbata (L.) H. Hara ( Polygonaceae).