Helicteres isora Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 963. 1753.

"Habitat in Malabaria, Jamaica." RCN: 6970.

Lectotype (Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 454. 1973): [icon] " Helicteres arbor Ind. Or. siliqua varicosa, & funiculi in modum contortuplicata" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 245, f. 2 [closed fr. only]. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 181. 1696.

Generitype of Helicteres Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 186. 1929).

Current name: Helicteres isora L. ( Sterculiaceae).

Note: Leach (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 52. 1993) designated the cited Rheede plate as type but this choice is pre-dated by that of Howard, as noted by Cristóbal (in Bonplandia 11: 170. 2001).