Citharexylum fruticosum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1115. 1759, nom. illeg.

RCN: 4527.

Replaced synonym: Citharexylum spinosum L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Howard in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 79: 82. 1979): [icon] " Citharexylum Americanum alterum, foliis ad marginem dentatis " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 161, f. 5. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 108. 1696. - Epitype ( Méndez Santos & Cafferty in Taxon 50: 1137. 2002): Barbados. St Andrew, Sep 1940, Gooding 228 (BM).

Current name: Citharexylum spinosum L. ( Verbenaceae).

Note: A superfluous name for C. spinosum L. (1753) - see discussion by Méndez Santos & Cafferty (in Taxon 50: 1137-1138. 2002).