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

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 3314.

Lectotype (Cuatrecasas & Croat in Woodson & Schery in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 67: 872. 1981 [1980]): Herb. Linn. No. 588.8 (LINN) .

Current name: Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth ( Malpighiaceae).