Cactus portulacifolius Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 469. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 3591.

Lectotype (Leuenberger in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 93. 1986): [icon] " Cactus caule tereti, arboreo, spinoso " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 190, t. 197, f. 1. 1758.

Current name: Pereskia portulacifolia (L.) DC. ( Cactaceae).