Dolichos erosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 726. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 5342.

Replaced synonym of: Dolichos bulbosus L. (1763), nom. illeg.

Lectotype ( Sørensen in Nordic J. Bot. 8: 169, 177. 1988): [icon] " Phaseolus Nevisensis foliis multangulis, tuberosa radice esculenta" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 52, f. 4. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 292. 1696.

Current name: Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: D’Arcy (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 67: 744. 1980) queried whether 900.11 (LINN) might be the type, but it is not original material for this name.