Melanthium virginicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 339. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 2611.

Lectotype (Reveal in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993): Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 467.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Melanthium Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 148. 1929).

Current name: Melanthium virginicum L. ( Liliaceae / Melanthiaceae).