Laetia americana Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1074. 1759.

RCN: 3872.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Generitype of Laetia Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Laetia americana L. ( Flacourtiaceae).

Note: Sleumer (in Fl. Neotropica 22: 240. 1980) indicated that this was based on Löfling material that has not been traced.