Capparis siliquosa Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1071. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 721 (1762). RCN: 3829.

Lectotype (Al-Shehbaz in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 296. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 664.8, right specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Capparis cynophallophora L. ( Capparaceae).

Note: See comments by Fawcett & Rendle (in J. Bot. 52: 142. 1914), who noted that the right specimen, labelled "siliquosa C", is a form of C. cynophallophora L.