Caesalpinia brasiliensis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 380. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaicae, Carolinae collibus." RCN: 2996.

Lectotype (Lewis & Reveal in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 28. 1993): [icon] " Caesalpinia polyphylia, aculeis horrida " in Plumier, Codex Boerhaavianus (University Library, Groningen).

Generitype of Caesalpinia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 152. 1929).

Current name: Caesalpinia brasiliensis L. ( Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae).

Note: Muralt & Chautems (in Saussurea 33: 127-132. 2003) provide a detailed review and reproduce (as f. 5) Burman’s Plumier illustration.