Medeola aculeata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 339. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 1511.

Lectotype ( Ståhl in Nordic J. Bot. 15: 501. 1996 [1995]): [icon] "Fruticulus foliis Rusci stellatis" in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 148, t. 123, f. 149. 1732.

Current name: Jacquinia aculeata (L.) Mez ( Theophrastaceae).