Date de publication : Fl. Bras., 12(2): 15-16, tab. 4, f. 2. 1872 [01/12/1872, fide TL-2, 5538, cf. p. 336].

Type : "Habitat in Guiana, loco accuratius non addicto: Herb. Fischer!.
Adnot. Haec species magis, quam aliis, plantae a cl. Jacquin in Stirp. Amer. t. 81. illustratae (H. coccineae Jacq.) similis est; attamen cum illa confundi non potest, quum in planta Jacquiniana pedicelli in axillis foliorum solitarii, haud fasciculati (teste Griseb. in Fl. of the Br. W. Ind. Isl. 310.) et fructus ovales, haud globosi inveniantur." [protologue].
'Guiana', fr submat., Anon. s.n. in Herb. F. E. L. von Fischer (HT: LE = t. 4, f. 2; xerox in L, NY).
D'après Sleumer (1984): "Most probably a duplicate of L.C. Richard s.n. 'Herbarium Guyanense Antillarum', in umbris sylvis Martinicae, fr, anno 1786/87 (=Martinique) ex P (also in G, GH, NY)."