Illecebrum sessile (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 300. 1762.

"Habitat in India Orientali." RCN: 1684.

Basionym: Gomphrena sessilis L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 3: 140. 1914; Mears in Taxon 29: 89. 1980): Herb. Hermann 2: 9, No. 116 (BM-000621528) .

Current name: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. ( Amaranthaceae).

Note: Fawcett & Rendle’s original indication of the Hermann material as type was restricted by Mears to the material in vol. 2: 9 (BM).