Delima sparmentosa Linnaeus, Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: Appendix. 1754, orth. var.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 3877.

Lectotype (Stearn, Four Suppl. Linnaean Publ.: 93. 1959; Hoogland in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 42. 1993): Herb. Hermann 2: 19, No. 205, lower left specimen (BM-000621572) .

Generitype of Delima Linnaeus.

Current name: Tetracera sarmentosa (L.) Vahl ( Dilleniaceae).

Note: Delima sparmentosa L. (1754) is generally treated as a correctable orthographic error. The epithet was corrected to “sarmentosa” by Linnaeus in 1759.