Mimosa virgata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 519. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 7669.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 132. 1920): Herb. Linn. No. 1228.13 (LINN) .

Current name: Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. ( Fabaceae: Mimosoideae).

Note: See comments on the type by Luckow (in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 38: 139. 1993).