Messersmidia argusia Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 149; Mantissa Plantarum: 42. 1767, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Dauniae [sic] apricis, glareosis, aridis. H. U." RCN: 1131.

Replaced synonym: Tournefortia sibirica L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Majorov in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 804. 2004): Gerber, Herb. Linn. No. 192.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Argusia Sibirien (L.) Dandy ( Boraginaceae).

Note: An illegitimate name in Messersmidia for Tournefortia sibirica L. (1753) .