Celastrus myrtifolius Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 196. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Jamaica." RCN: 1593.

Lectotype (Urban in Symb. Antill. 5: 93. 1904): [icon] "Myrti folio arbor, foliis latis subrotundis, flore albo racemoso" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 79, t. 193, f. 1. 1725.

Current name: Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb. ( Rosaceae).