Medeola virginiana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 339. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 2615.

Lectotype (Reveal in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 468.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Medeola Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 148. 1929).

Current name: Medeola virginiana L. ( Liliaceae / Convallariaceae).