Convolvulus tomentosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 156. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 1241.

Lectotype (Staples in Staples & Jarvis in Taxon 55: 1022. 2006): [icon] " Convolvulus folio lanato in tres lacinias divisio, flore oblongo purpureo " in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: t. 98, f. 2. 1707. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 3: 12 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Ipomoea jamaicensis G. Don ( Convolvulaceae).