Corchorus hirsutus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 530. 1753.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 3934.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer: 94, t. 104. 1757.

Current name: Corchorus hirsutus L. ( Tiliaceae).