Spermacoce tenuior Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 102. 1753.

"Habitat in Carolina." RCN: 837.

Lectotype (Rendle in J. Bot. 72: 333. 1934): [icon] " Spermacoce verticillis tenuioribus" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 370, t. 277, f. 359. 1732. - Typotype: Vaillant, Herb. Sherard (OXF) .

Generitype of Spermacoce Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 123. 1929).

Current name: Spermacoce tenuior L. ( Rubiaceae).