Hippomane spinosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1191. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 7305.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 196, f. 3. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 197. 1696 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 96: 116 (BM-SL); [icon] in Plumier, Nov. Pl. Amer.: 50, t. 30. 1703.

Current name: Hippomane spinosa L. ( Euphorbiaceae).