Dorstenia houstonii (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 176. 1762, nom. illeg.
"Habitat in Campechia." RCN: 993.
Basionym: Dorstenia contrajerva L. var. houstonii L. (1753) .
Type not designated.
Original material: as basionym.
Current name: Dorstenia contrajerva L. ( Moraceae).
Note: Specific epithet spelled “houstoni” in the protologue. As D. alexiteria L. (1759) is a nomen novum at specific rank for D. contrajerva var. houstonii L. (1753), D. houstonii is a superfluous name for D. alexiteria L.