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

"Habitat in America calidiore, Jamaica, Margaretha." RCN: 3590.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 58. 1983): [icon] " Pereskia aculeata, flore albo, fructu flavescente Plumier " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 305, t. 227, f. 294. 1732.

Current name: Pereskia aculeata Mill. ( Cactaceae).

Note: See extensive review by Leuenberger (in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 65. 1986).