Portlandia grandiflora Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 928. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 244 (1762). RCN: 1357.

Lectotype (Aiello in J. Arnold Arbor. 60: 100. 1979): [icon] " Portlandia foliis majoribus nitidis ovatis oppositis, floribus amplissimis" in Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 164, t. 11. 1756.

Current name: Portlandia grandiflora L. ( Rubiaceae).