Malva tomentosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 687. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 5038.

Lectotype (Hill in Brittonia 32: 466. 1980): Herb. Linn. No. 870.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Malvastrum tomentosum (L.) S.R. Hill ( Malvaceae).

Note: The type is illustrated (though the image has been reversed) by Hill (in Rhodora 84: 214, f. 36. 1982).