Achyranthes brachiata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 186; Mantissa Plantarum: 50. 1767.

"Habitat in Suratte." RCN: 1670.

Basionym of: Illecebrum brachiatum (L.) L. (1771) .

Lectotype (Townsend in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 32. 1974): Herb. Linn. No. 290.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight ( Amaranthaceae).