Psidium pyriforme Linnaeus, Plantae Surinamenses: 10. 1775, orth. var.
"Habitat [in Surinamo.]" RCN: 3594.
Lectotype (McVaugh in Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 5: 523. 1989): Herb. Clifford: 184, Psidium 1 (BM) .
Current name: Psidium guajava L. ( Myrtaceae).
Note: An orthographic variant of P. pyriferum L. (1762) .