Caesalpinia crista Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 380. 1753.

"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 2999.

Lectotype (Skeels in Science, n.s., 37: 922. 1913): Herb. Hermann 1: 68, No. 157 (BM-000594500) .

Current name: Caesalpinia crista L. ( Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae).

Note: Dandy & Exell (in J. Bot. 76: 176. 1938) provided a detailed discussion and came to the same conclusion as Skeels. Muralt & Chautems (in Saussurea 33: 123-127. 2003) also reproduce (as f. 1 and 2) the cited Plukenet and Breyn illustrations.