Cassia pilosa Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1017. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 540 (1762). RCN: 2970.

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 111. 1920): Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 528.18 (LINN) .

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

Note: Isely (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2): 207. 1975) provides further information on the type.