Verbesina lavenia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 902. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 6522.

Lectotype (Panigrahi in Kew Bull. 30: 647. 1976): [icon] " Eupatoriophalacron Scrophulariae aquaticae foliis oppositis " in Burman, Thes. Zeylan.: 95, t. 42. 1737 (see p. 113; above right).

Current name: Adenostemma lavenia (L.) Kuntze ( Asteraceae).