Malpighia angustifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 610. 1762, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 3313.

Replaced synonym: Malpighia linearis Jacq. (1760) .

Neotype (Meyer in Phanerog. Monogr. 23: 249. 2000): H(ortus) Imp(erialis) Vind(obonensis), s. d., s. coll. (Herb. W. Gerhard, Lips. 1820) (JE).

Current name: Malpighia linearis Jacq. ( Malpighiaceae).

Note: A superfluous name for M. linearis Jacq. (1760), with which it is therefore homotypic, and not typified by a Browne collection (588.7, LINN) as suggested by Anderson (in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 619. 1988).