Matthiola scabra Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1192. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 1398.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plumier, Nov. Pl. Amer.: 16, t. 6. 1703; [icon] in Zanoni, Istoria Bot.: 167, t. 75. 1675.

Generitype of Matthiola Linnaeus, nom. rej.

Current name: Guettarda scabra (L.) Lam. ( Rubiaceae).

Note: Matthiola Linnaeus, nom. rej. in favour of Matthiola Aiton.