Echinops fruticosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 815. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 6723.

Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 6: 595. 1989): [icon] " Echinops foliis lanceolatis, dentatis, capitulis axillaribus " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 114, t. 123, f. 1. 1757.

Current name: Rolandra fruticosa (L.) Kuntze ( Asteraceae).