Pharnaceum mollugo Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 966. 1759.

["Habitat in Aethiopia."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 389 (1762). RCN: 2161.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 28, Mollugo 1 (BM) ; [icon] in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 19, 21. 1687; [icon] in Ehret, Pl. Papil. Rar.: t. 6, f. 3. 1748.

Current name: Glinus oppositifolius (L.) A. DC. ( Molluginaceae).

Note: A name at species rank for Mollugo verticillata var. β L. (1753) and not, as suggested by Jeffrey (in Hubbard & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Aizoaceae: 15. 1961), first published in 1771 where it could appear to be a superfluous name for Mollugo spergula L. (1759) . Consequently, P. mollugo is not homotypic with the latter, as indicated by Jeffrey.