Plumeria obtusa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 210. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 1733.

Lectotype (Dandy, Sloane Herbarium: 112. 1958): [icon] " Plumeria flore niveo, foliis brevioribus obtusis " in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2: 93, t. 93. 1743 (see p. 117).

Current name: Plumeria obtusa L. ( Apocynaceae).