Andrachne fruticosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1014. 1753.

"Habitat in China. Osbeck." RCN: 7351.

Lectotype (designated here by Esser): Herb. Linn. No. 1155.2 (LINN) .

Current name: Breynia fruticosa (L.) Müll . Arg. ( Euphorbiaceae).

Note: See notes by Hansen & Fox Maule (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 207. 1973).