Evolvulus alsinoides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 392. 1762.

"Habitat in Malabaria, Zeylona, Bisnagaria, Bahama." RCN: 2178.

Basionym: Convolvulus alsinoides L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Hubbard & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Convolvulaceae: 18. 1963): Herb. Hermann 3: 55, No. 76 (BM-000628009) .

Current name: Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. ( Convolvulaceae).