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

"Habitat in Americes Gallia aequinoctiali." RCN: 247.

Lectotype (Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 395. 1973): [icon] " Saururus hederaceus, triphyllus folio rotundo " in Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amér .: 52, t. 68. 1693.

Current name: Peperomia trifolia (L.) A. Dietr. ( Piperaceae).