Cliffortia trifoliata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1038. 1753.

"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 7497.

Lectotype (Fellingham in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 541. 2002): [icon] " Thymelaeae (forte) ajfinis Aethiopica, foliis tridentatis, & ex omni parte hirsutie pubescentibus " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 319, f. 4. 1694; Almag. Bot.: 367. 1696. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 107: 7 (BM-SL) . - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 94: 108 (BM-SL).

Current name: Cliffortia polygonifolia L. var. trifoliata (L.) Harv. ( Rosaceae).

Note: Weimarck (Monogr. Cliffortia: 84. 1934) discussed the Plukenet figure but did not, however, designate a type.