Spermacoce hirta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 148. 1762.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 839.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 30: 318. 1975): Herb. Linn. No. 125.8 (LINN) .

Current name: Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC. ( Rubiaceae).

Note: See discussion by Verdcourt, and Nicolson (in Taxon 26: 572. 1977) and Howard (Fl. Lesser Antilles 6: 434. 1989).