Rhamnus micrantha Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 937. 1759.

["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 280 (1762). RCN: 1558.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 199. 1983): [icon] " Rhamnus foliis ovatis glabris fructibus bilocularibus subcaliptratis " in Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 172, t. 12, f. 1. 1756.

Current name: Trema micrantha (L.) Blume ( Ulmaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “micranthus” in the protologue.