Ipomoea quamoclit Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 159. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 1271.

Lectotype (Biju in Taxon 51: 755. 2003 [2002]): Herb. Clifford: 66, Ipomoea 1 (BM-000558077) , see also p. 179.

Current name: Ipomoea quamoclit L. ( Convolvulaceae).