Coccoloba rubescens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 523. 1762, orth. var.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 2880.

Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 133. 1988): [icon] " Scortea arbor Americana, amplissimis foliis, aversa parte nervis extantibus hirsutie ferruginea refertis " in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 222, f. 8. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 38. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 98: 23; 101: 196 (BM-SL).

Current name: Coccoloba pubescens L. ( Polygonaceae).

Note: An orthographic variant of C. pubescens L. (1759) .