Serratula noveboracensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 818. 1753.

"Habitat in Noveboraco, Virginia, Carolina, Canada, Kamtschatca." RCN: 5934.

Lectotype (Reveal & Turland in Jarvis & Turland in Taxon 47: 367. 1998): Herb. Clifford: 392, Serratula 3, sheet A (BM-000646912) .

Current name: Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx. ( Asteraceae).