Lythrum melanium Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1045. 1759.

["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 642 (1762). RCN: 3473.

Type not designated.

Original material: none traced.

Current name: Cuphea melanium (L.) R. Br. ex Steud. ( Lythraceae).