Corchorus hirtus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 747. 1762.

"Habitat in America meridionali." RCN: 3935.

Lectotype (Bornstein in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 5: 191. 1989): [icon] " Corchorus caule piloso " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 93, t. 103, f. 2. 1757.

Current name: Corchorus hirtus L. ( Tiliaceae).