Mollugo spergula Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 881. 1759.

["Habitat in India."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 131 (1762). RCN: 745.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 112.3 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 112.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Glinus oppositifolius (L.) A. DC. ( Molluginaceae).

Note: Jeffrey (in Hubbard & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Aizoaceae: 15. 1961) indicated type material in LINN, but did not distinguish between sheets 112.2 and 112.3. As they do not appear to be part of a single gathering, Art. 9.15 does not apply and the name remains untypified.