Oenothera perennis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 998. 1759.

["Habitat in America meridionali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 493 (1762). RCN: 2661.

Replaced synonym of: Oenothera pumila L. (1762), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Straley in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 415. 1978 [1977]): [icon] " Oenothera, foliis radicalibus ovatis caulinis lanceolatis obtusis, capsulis ovatis sulcatis" in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 125, t. 188. 1757.

Current name: Oenothera perennis L. ( Onagraceae).

Note: See notes by Reveal & al. (in Huntia 7: 228. 1987).