Loranthus occidentalis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 988. 1759.

["Habitat in Americae arboribus."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 473 (1762). RCN: 2562.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 92, t. 200, f. 2. 1725 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 6: 108 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Oryctanthus occidentalis (L.) Eichler ( Loranthaceae).

Note: Kuijt (in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 95: 521. 1976) wrongly treated material in Herb. Sloane (6: 108, BM-SL) as the holotype, but this was not studied by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name.