Nama zeylanica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 226. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 1848.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Hydrophyllaceae: 4. 1989): Herb. Hermann 3: 42, No. 117 (BM-000621954) .

Generitype of Nama Linnaeus (1753), nom. rej.

Current name: Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl ( Hydrophyllaceae).

Note: Nama Linnaeus (1753), nom. rej. in favour of Nama Linnaeus (1759) .

Davenport (in Rhodora 90: 198. 1988) indicated 322.1 (LINN) as lectotype, but it was a later addition to the herbarium and is not original material for the name.