Malpighia coccigrya Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 611. 1762, orth. var.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 3317.

Lectotype (Anderson in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 617. 1988): [icon] in Plumier, Codex Boerhaavianus (University Library, Groningen).

Current name: Malpighia coccigera L. ( Malpighiaceae).

Note: Evidently an orthographic variant of M. coccigera L. (1753) .