Lobelia assurgens Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1237. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1321 (1763). RCN: 6748.

Type not designated.

Original material: Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 1051.18 (LINN) .

Current name: Lobelia assurgens L. ( Campanulaceae).

Note: Although Rendle (in J. Bot. 73: 276. 1935) noted the existence of Browne material in LINN, he did not treat it as the type.