Ornithogalum bivalve Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 306. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 2417.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton ( Liliaceae / Alliaceae).

Note: See discussion by Stearn (in Ann. Mus. Goulandris 6: 150. 1983).