Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 130. 1753.

"Habitat in India utraque." RCN: 1055.

Lectotype (Mill in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 802. 2004): Herb. Hermann 1: 9, No. 70 (BM-000621256) .

Current name: Heliotropium indicum L. ( Boraginaceae).

Note: Mill provides a summary of earlier type statements for this name.