Cassia flexuosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 379. 1753.

"Habitat in Brasilia." RCN: 2985.

Lectotype (Greene in Pittonia 4: 27. 1899): [icon] " Chamaecrista Pavonis Brasiliana, siliqua singulari" in Breyn, Exot. Pl. Cent.: 64, t. 23. 1678.

Current name: Chamaecrista flexuosa (L.) Greene ( Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae).