Type : Jamaïque, "frequently observed in the cooler mountains of Liguanee and Mount-diable", P.Browne s.n. (HT: illustration originale de "
Coccocipsilum"
t. 6, f. 1,
in P. Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica
144. 1756 [désigné par C.M. Taylor,
in Davidse
et al., Fl. Mesoamer. 4(2): 58. 2012]).
D'après C.M. Taylor (2009,
in Tropicos): "P. Browne did not validly publish binomials, this is the first valid publication of a name based on Browne's figure."