Cerbera thevetia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 209. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 1708.

Lectotype (Lippold in Feddes Repert. 91: 52. 1980): [icon] " Cerbera floliis linearibus, longissimus" in Plumier, Codex Boerhaavianus (University Library, Groningen).

Current name: Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum. ( Apocynaceae).