[6] The epithet used for this name is often spelled as bocconi, following the first usage by Scheele.

Boccone however, rarely used a latinized form of his name: in all his books for example, even the ones in Latin, his name appears on the title page as "Paolo Boccone", contrary to the practice of the time.

[7] It is clear that Boccone's name does not possess a well-established latinized form.

[8] Hence the epithet should be formed in accordance with ICBN (Vienna Code) Recommendation 60C.1(a), which dictates that epithets derived from personal names ending in a vowel should be formed by adding the appropriate inflection, which is "-i" in the case of a single male.

[9][10] Graebner used this form of the epithet when he transferred the species to the genus Spergularia in 1919.