Valeriana chinensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 33. 1753.

"Habitat in China. Osbeck." RCN: 264.

Lectotype (Nasir in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W Pakistan 115: 12. 1977): Herb. Linn. No. 48.13 (LINN) .

Current name: Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl ( Nyctaginaceae).

Note: See Hansen & Fox Maule (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 208. 1973) for comments on Osbeck material.