Verbena lappulacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 19. 1753.

"Habitat in Jamaica." RCN: 162.

Neotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 6: 238. 1989): Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 35.5 (LINN) .

Current name: Priva lappulacea (L.) Pers. ( Verbenaceae).

Note: See Méndez Santos & Cafferty (in Taxon 50: 1139. 2002), who change Howard’s stated lectotype choice to a neotype under Art. 9.8.