Malpighia aquifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 426. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 3316.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 161, t. 168, f. 1. 1758.

Current name: Malpighia aquifolia L. ( Malpighiaceae).

Note: Meyer (in Phanerog. Monogr. 23: 309. 2000) treated Plumiers 1703 phrase name as the lectotype but this is contrary to Art. 8.1.