Erythrina piscipula Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 707. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 5179.

Replaced synonym of: Piscidia erythrina L. (1759), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Rudd in Phytologia 18: 486. 1969): [icon] "Coral arbor polyphylla non spinosa, fraxini folio, siliqua alis foliaceis extantibus, rotae molendinariae fluviatilis, vel seminum laserpitii instar, aucta" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 39, t. 176, f. 4, 5. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 6: 18 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Piscidia piscipula (L.) Sarg. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Although Fawcett & Rendle (Fl. Jamaica 4: 84. 1920) stated "Type in Herb. Mus. Brit.", they did not specify which material they intended.