Citharexylum spinosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 625. 1753.

"Habitat in Barbados." RCN: 4526.

Basionym of: Citharexylum fruticosum L. (1759), nom. illeg.; Citharexylum cinereum L. (1763), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Howard in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 79: 82. 1979): [icon] " Citharexylum Americanum alterum, foliis ad marginem dentatis " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 161, f. 5. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 108. 1696. - Epitype ( Méndez Santos & Cafferty in Taxon 50: 1137. 2002): Barbados. St Andrew, Sep 1940, Gooding 228 (BM).

Generitype of Citharexylum Linnaeus.

Current name: Citharexylum spinosum L. ( Verbenaceae).

Note: See discussion by Méndez Santos (in Willdenowia 31: 420. 2001); Méndez Santos & Cafferty (in Taxon 50: 1137-1138. 2002).