Malpighia glabra Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 425. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica, Brasilia, Surinamo, Curacao." RCN: 3309.

Lectotype (Anderson in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 63. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 169, Malpighia 1 (BM-000628495) .

Generitype of Malpighia Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 155. 1929).

Current name: Malpighia glabra L. ( Malpighiaceae).

Note: Vivaldi (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 67: 904. 1981) indicated 588.1 (LINN), a post-1753 addition to the herbarium, as type but it is not original material for the name.