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

"Habitat in Americae littoribus maris." RCN: 1682.

Basionym: Gomphrena polygonoides L. (1753) .

Type not designated.

Original material: as basionym.

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