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

"Habitat in Curacao." RCN: 3588.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 57. 1983): [icon] " Ficus Indica seu Opuntia Curassavica minima " in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelod. Pl. Rar. 1: 107, t. 56. 1697.

Current name: Opuntia curassavica (L.) Mill. ( Cactaceae).

Note: See comments by Howard & Touw (in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 54: 173. 1972).