Hibiscus clypeatus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1149. 1759.

["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 980 (1763). RCN: 5098.

Lectotype (Fryxell in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25: 203. 1988): [icon] " Hibiscus foliis cordato-angulatis " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 153, t. 160, f. 2. 1758.

Current name: Hibiscus clypeatus L. ( Malvaceae).