Portulaca fruticosa Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1045. 1759. RCN: 3464a.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 176. 1983): [icon] " Portulaca foliis obovatis" in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 142, t. 150, f. 2. 1757.

Current name: Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss. ( Portulacaceae).

Note: This name has sometimes been treated as ambiguous (e.g. by Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 462. 1973), but now appears to be consistently in use in Talinum .