Dorstenia contrajerva Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 121. 1753.

"Habitat in nova Hispania, Mexico, Peru, Vera Cruce, insula Vicentii." RCN: 991.

Lectotype (Berg in Görts-van Rijn, Fl. Guianas, ser. A, 11: 34. 1992): [icon] “Dorstenia” in Plumier, Nov. Pl. Amer.: 29, t. 8. 1703 (see p. 150).

Generitype of Dorstenia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 126. 1929).

Current name: Dorstenia contrajerva L. ( Moraceae).

Note: Barrie’s (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 43. 1993) choice of a Houstoun figure as type is pre-dated by Berg’s 1992 choice of a Plumier plate.