Mimosa pernambucana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 519. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 7670.

Lectotype (Luckow in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 38: 113. 1993): [icon] " Mimosa Americana pigra siliquis longis angustis allium olentibus" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 307, f. 3. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 252. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 96: 196 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Desmanthus pernambucanus (L.) Thell. ( Fabaceae: Mimosoideae).