Convolvulus umbellatus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 155. 1753.

"Habitat in Martinica, Domingo, Jamaica." RCN: 1232.

Lectotype (Austin in Florida Sci. 42: 221. 1979): [icon] " Convolvulus Americanus vulgaris folio, capsulis triquetris, numerosis, ex uno puncto longis petiolis propendentibus, semine lanugine ferruginea villoso " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 167, f. 1. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 114. 1696.

Current name: Merremia umbellata (L.) Halber f. ( Convolvulaceae).