Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1: 246 (1848).

Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Plymouth Co., Hingham, 1839, J. L. Russell s.n. (FH-Tuck - lectotype). Lectotypification by Ahti (1983).

Chemistry: Boryquinone (Chai et al. 2001: 8916).

Note: This is the first unambiguous identification of the structure of boryquinone.