Evolvulus linifolius (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 392. 1762.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 2178.

Basionym: Convolvulus linifolius L. (1756) .

Lectotype (van Ooststroom in Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 36. 1935 [1934]): Miller, Herb. Linn. No. 393.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. ( Convolvulaceae).