Dracontium spinosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 967. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 7010.

Lectotype (Nicolson in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 35. 1987): Herb. Hermann 5: 29, No. 328 [icon] (BM), see p. 181.

Current name: Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites ( Araceae).

Note: The type is illustrated by Hay (in Blumea 33: 458, f. 15. 1988).