Lobelia plumieri Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 929. 1753.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 1359.

Replaced synonym of: Scaevola lobelia L. (1771), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Davies in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Goodeniaceae: 3. 1978): [icon] " Lobelia frutescens, Portulacae folio " in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 1: 79, t. 79. 1731.

Current name: Scaevola plumieri (L.) Vahl ( Goodeniaceae).

Note: Davies’ type choice (9 Aug 1978) narrowly pre-dates that of Guillaumet (in Leroy, Fl. Madagascar 188: 30. 10 Oct 1978), who instead designated 229.1 (LINN) as lectotype.