Melastoma discolor Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1022. 1759.

["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 560 (1762). RCN: 3077.

Lectorype (Howard & Kellogg in J. Arnold Arbor. 67: 240. 1986): [icon] "Grossulariae fructu non spinosa, malabrathri foliis subtus niveis, fructu racemoso in umbellae modum disposito" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 86, t. 198, f. 1. 1725. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 6: 98 (BM-SL).

Current name: Tetrazygia discolor (L.) DC. ( Melastomataceae).