Rubus jamaicensis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 349; Mantissa Plantarum: 75. 1767.

"Habitat in Jamaica proximisque." RCN: 3758.

Lectotype (Adams in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 543. 2002): [icon] " Rubus foliis longioribus, subtus molli lanugine obductis & incanis, flore & fructu minoribus " in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 109, t. 213, f. 1. 1725. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 7: 51 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Rubus jamaicensis L. ( Rosaceae).