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

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 7494.

Lectotype (Stearn, Introd. Linnaeus’ Sp. Pl. (Ray Soc. ed.): 47. 1957): [icon] " Cliffortia foliis dentatis: mas " in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff.: 463, t. 30. 1738.

Current name: Cliffortia ilicifolia L. ( Rosaceae).