Cliffortia polygonifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1038. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 7496.

Lectotype (Stearn, Introd. Linnaeus’ Sp. Pl. (Ray Soc. ed.): 47. 1957): [icon] " Cliffortia foliis linearibus pilosis: Femina " in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff.: 501, t. 32. 1738. - Voucher: Herb. Clifford: 501, Cliffortia 3 (BM) .

Generitype of Cliffortia Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 192. 1929).

Current name: Cliffortia polygonifolia L. ( Rosaceae).

Note: Oliver & Fellingham (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 35. 1993) designated a Clifford sheet as lectotype, but this choice is pre-dated by that of Stearn. Weimarck (Monogr: Cliffortia: 83. 1934) noted the Hort. Cliff. illustration as "a good figure" adding "the type specimen has disappeared".