Piper peltatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 30. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 244.

Lectotype (Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 381. 1973): [icon] " Saururus arborescens foliis amplis rotundis et umbilicatis " in Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amér .: 56, t. 74. 1693.

Current name: Piper peltatum L. ( Piperaceae).