Cleome gigantea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 3: 232. 1768.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 4900.

Type not designated.

Original material: Jacquin, Herb. Linn. No. 850.16 (LINN); [icon] in Jacquin, Observ. Bot. 4: 1, t. 76. 1771.

Current name: Cleome gigantea L. ( Capparaceae).